Thank you and question (naturally right?)

If you mean:

Code:

/etc/bind/named.conf

That file doesn't appear to exist.

 

In fact, the entire directory:

Code:

/etc/bind

Doesnt exist.. But in an attempt to help myself (still need your invaluable assistance though) so that I'm not being totally reliant on you guys, I performed this:

Code:

root@server1:/etc# aptitude show bind9

And got this in return:

Code:

Package: bind9
State: installed
Automatically installed: yes
Version: 1:9.4.1-P1-3
Priority: optional
Section: net
Maintainer: LaMont Jones <[email protected]>
Uncompressed Size: 799k
Depends: libbind9-30, libc6 (>= 2.6-1), libdns32, libisc32, libisccc30, libisccfg30, liblwres30, libssl0.9.8 (>= 0.9.8e-1),
         netbase, adduser, libdns32 (= 1:9.4.1-P1-3), libisccfg30 (= 1:9.4.1-P1-3), libisc32 (= 1:9.4.1-P1-3), libisccc30 (=
         1:9.4.1-P1-3), lsb-base (>= 3.0-6)
Suggests: dnsutils, bind9-doc
Conflicts: bind
Replaces: bind, dnsutils (< 1:9.1.0-3)
Description: Internet Domain Name Server
 The Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) implements an Internet domain name server.  BIND is the most widely-used name server
 software on the Internet, and is supported by the Internet Software Consortium, www.isc.org.

 This package provides the server and related configuration files.

So bind9 is installed, in fact I -think- I remember it being part of the ISPConfig process, I believe encrypted keys were made for it as well? Unsure, it was a few days ago now.

But, should I go about doing something like this:

"My" domain is one of DynDNS' available domains, since my ISP blocks port 80, I have to use their port forwarding/masq service.

But, not to jump the gun, as I still need to be able to simply enter the domain

Code:

production.int

Into the browser on my Windows machine and be able to have it resolve to the IP of my server of course.

I'm thinking that following that link (or a similiar/better one if you have it) is the way to go, but will await for you experts to let me know. Thank you once again for your assistance, its appreciated and I feel myself becomming less ignorant every day I read about Linux.

 

Well, with no new ideas from anyone, I'm going to be reinstalling Linux using just the LAMP feature and forgetting ISPConfig altogether I suppose.

I figured it would make things easier to have ISPConfig installed, even though I have no intentions on actually becoming an ISP (though was hopeful to serve multiple domains for friends) but it doesn't appear that that is the case. I have no idea why my named.conf and named.conf.local are blank and I certainly have no clue how to build one from scratch (all the examples I can find online suggest modifications and what modifications to make - though they dont show an entire file).

I guess the situation either stumped individuals here or you guys are wanting me to hopefully figure it out on my own, which I wish I could do, I really do, but I'm stumped, no clue on what to do and in what order. I'm still very open to suggestions, clues, etc. and I greatly appreciate the assistance I've been given thus far -- I dont wish to sound ingrateful what-so-ever.

 

I try to help everyone, it's just that I'm not sitting in front of the forum the whole day waiting for posts to answer. I'm in the forum once per day, I was so yesterday, and now I'm here again. In the meantime I haven't answered anyone's posts.

If /etc/bind doesn't exist - did you follow the "Perfect Setup" for Debian Etch? If so, did you maybe accidentally delete that directory?

 

No no bro, I honestly just figured guys were wanting to me try to help myself first. Sorta like leading a horse to water.. or "you can teach a man to fish" type of deal.

That said, I followed these instructions:

http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect_server_ubuntu7.10

I have no idea how the file got deleted, none what so ever. The only things I've done since the install of ISPConfig (it appeared to be successful) was updating clamav, ubuntu and having those updates applied (ie. freshclam, apt-get update, apt-get upgrade).

Should I proceed with doing an:

Code:

apt-get --purge remove bind9

and then a:

Code:

apt-get install bind9

Or would that totally mess things over? Or better, what to do next I guess? :/

 

Maybe the upgrade messed up things.

Yes, you can try that.