named dir belongs in /var

named.conf belongs in /etc

after starting the named service you sould be able to query it by saying

	nslookup vm.example.org

provided this name server has the address 192.168.0.1 and the host doing the look up has the proper resolv.conf (ie nameserver 192.168.0.1)

see /var/named/named.example.org for more details