How to get started creating a DNS primary Here is how to get started using the tool. The DNS Boss GUI has most likely already been started, but if not, start it up as super-user like this: # /opt/DNSBoss/bin/dnsboss After the GUI is up, change all of the TextFields to reflect the information about your DNS domain. Make sure that you put in an email address in the following format: someuser.company.com (not someuser@company.com). If you are not sure about a setting, try to follow the defaults. After you have put all of the information in the TextFields that you want, delete any of the mail exchanger, or DNS secondary fields you are not using. You must have one mail exchanger, and it is a good idea to have at least one DNS secondary, but it is not required. After deleting any empty mail exchanger, or secondary fields, hit the "Save settings" button. If you made any errors, they should show up in the TextArea. If you made an error, fix it, and hit "Save settings" again. After you have saved your settings, hit the "Edit hosts" button, and type in some hosts for your domain. The proper format for hosts in this file is the following: 216.45.70.45 somemachine # This is right Do NOT attempt to put fully qualified hosts in this file, that is WRONG: 216.45.70.45 somemachine.company.com # This is WRONG After you have added a few hosts in the proper format, hit the Save button. After you have saved some hosts, hit the "Update this domain" button. This should create the DNS databases for you, and restart your in.named process which allows your DNS data to get out to your secondary's, and the rest of the Internet. You may now hit the "Exit" button if your wish. To get back to the domain you were modifying, just bring up the tool, and hit "Load DNS domain", and double click the domain that you wish to modify. This machine must be the DNS primary for that domain. At this point, you may "Edit hosts" again if you wish. After you are done, make sure that the following is hit "Update this domain" so that changes will take effect and be seen by the rest of the Internet.