Table 18.2 Differences In Fedora And Redhat DNS File Locations

File	Purpose	BIND chroot Location	Regular BIND Location
named.conf	Tells the names of the zone files to be used for each of your website domains.	/var/named/chroot/etc	/etc
rndc.key rndc.conf	Files used in named authentication	/var/named/chroot/etc	/etc
zone files	Links all the IP addresses in your domain to their corresponding server	/var/named/chroot/var/named	/var/named

Note: Fedora Core installs BIND chroot by default. RedHat 9 and earlier don't.

Debian / Ubuntu

With Debian / Ubuntu, all the configuration files, the primary named.conf file and all the DNS zone files reside in the /etc/bind directory.

Unlike in Redhat / Fedora, references to other files within these configuration files should include the full path. The named daemon won't automatically assume they are located in the /etc/bind directory.