Bind and getting named.root

[Douglas J Hunley]

Shawn Tayler spewed electrons into the ether that assembled into:
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> Thats what I've got but it just hangs.  I wonder, this machine is coming
> from behind a NAT'd gateway, gould that be the issue?

could be. shouldn't be.. but it could be

>
> Also, while I have you Doug, what is this /var/named/pz/127.0.0 file?  I
> typed it all in as illustrated but its not making any sense to me.  Could
> someone clarify this for me?  (Dumb question of the day I am sure)

this file is for the loopback device (i.e. localhost). it makes your bind 
server the "master" for all things local
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It sounds like English, but I can't understand a word 
you're saying.