# db.localroot # this file should be located in /var/named/ # Time To Live - how long the record should be considered valid $TTL 7200 # This block declares hostname.example.com the State of Authority for this domain and provides an admin email address (note the use of "." instead of "@"). @ IN SOA hostname.example.com admin.example.com ( 1 ; Serial 3600 ; Refresh every 1 hours 1800 ; Retry every 30 minutes 604800 ; Expire after 7 days 1 ) ; TTL 1 second # This line provides the IP address of the nameserver for this domain, which in this case is the same machine. IN NS 192.168.50.1 # Here we define the basic A ("machine") record and a wild card entry which directs all lookups to the same A record address. IN A 192.168.50.1 * IN A 192.168.50.1