DNS BIND logging Clause

This section describes the logging clause which prior to BIND 9 needed to appear first in the named.conf file. This no longer the case and it may appear anywhere convenient. BIND uses syslogd before a valid logging clause is available so named.conf parse errors and other information will appear in /var/log/messages (depending on syslog.conf) prior to, or in the absence of, a valid logging clause. In the case of windows parse errors are written to the Event Log. Only one logging clause can be defined but multiple channels may be defined to stream logs.