Bruno Wolff III wrote: > > For a general overview of DNS, DJB's pages (http://cr.yp.to/djbdns.html) > are probably a better start. Though he should note that neither tinydns > nor dnscache are in Fedora, so he probably isn't going to want to use > because of the extra work involved. > > You response conflated parts of running a caching resolver and a publisher. > Those are two distinct things and there will be less confusion if he > understands what each does indpendently. He may only need one of these > types for his home system depending on what he is trying to accomplish. > He may also find that dnsmasq, witch is in the repository (dnsmasq-2.45-1.fc10.i386) may do the job, and is much simpler to set up then bind.
One other thing to keep in mind - if you are using DHCP from a firewall/router, then /etc/resolv.conf is going to get overwritten if you use the default configuration, so the local name server will not be used. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
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