Hi Gonzalez,
> You know like in Windows (or /etc/resolv.conf for us)
> when you specify a "Primary DNS Server" ... like so
> that when you type in www.yahoo.com the proper page
> comes up? I want to set up one of those types of
> machines. I believe such a server is called a
> "resolver" or a "resolving and caching server" or
> something ... please correct me if I'm wrong, please.
thats the line in the /etc/bind/named.conf:
forwarders {
THE-IP-OF-YOUR-ISP;
}
later you need two zone files called in your named.conf for your local
network, one for resolving and one for reverse-lookup, eg:
zone "your-domain.de" {
type master;
file "/etc/bind/db.your-domain.de";
};
zone "10.168.192.in-addr.arpa" {
type master;
file "/etc/bind/db.192.168.10";
};
then you need two new files wich are mentioned in the zone-entries above
and they have to be setup like this:
/etc/bind/db.your-domain.de:
@ IN SOA your-server.your-domain.de. root.your-domain.de. (
951213 ; serial number
43200 ; refresh every 12 hours
7200 ; retry after 2 hours
1209600 ; expire after 2 weeks
172800) ; default ttl is 2 days
@ IN NS your-server.your-domain.de.
IN MX 100 mail.your-domain.de.
gateway IN A 192.168.10.1
workstation IN A 192.168.10.2
/etc/bind/db.192.168.10:
@ IN SOA your-server.your-domain.de root.your-domain.de. (
951213 ; serial number
43200 ; refresh every 12 hours
7200 ; retry after 2 hours
1209600 ; expire after 2 weeks
172800) ; default ttl is 2 days
@ IN NS your-server.your-domain.de.
1 IN PTR gateway.your-domain.de.
2 IN PTR workstation.your-domain.de.
...then type a "ndc restart" at your command-line as root and you have a
working dns with a forwarder to your provider. if you are offline you
will get a little resolving-error but thats all.
Hope that helps, for any further questions just ask :-)
regards
joris
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