Hi Ceri, Thanks for getting back to me (Nick as well!), and sorry about the "top-post" for this one.
>From what I've learnt here, it would seem as if I've not thought this one out completely, and haven't got the "right kind" of nameserver set-up. You mentioned that it'd be better to explain what I would like to achieve: I'd like to have a named set-up that allows me to host DNS information for my private lan, but also one that facilitates name resolution of external hosts (via my ISP's upstream NS's). What I did was "literally" follow the handbook with respect to even the naming convention used, so that /etc/namedb has this: # ls -la total 16 drwxr-xr-x 8 root wheel 512 Oct 12 10:30 . drwxr-xr-x 17 root wheel 2048 Oct 12 10:33 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 427 Jul 24 07:31 PROTO.localhost-v6.rev -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 423 Sep 18 2001 PROTO.localhost.rev drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Sep 15 20:51 bin drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Oct 12 10:41 dev drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Sep 15 20:35 etc -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1032 Jul 24 07:32 make-localhost drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Sep 15 20:36 master lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 14 Sep 15 20:35 named.conf -> etc/named.conf -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 2843 Oct 12 10:30 named.root drwxr-xr-x 2 bind bind 512 Sep 15 20:34 slave drwxr-xr-x 4 root wheel 512 Sep 15 20:34 var # With the following in /etc/namedb/etc: # ls -la /etc/namedb/etc total 8 drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Sep 15 20:35 . drwxr-xr-x 8 root wheel 512 Oct 12 10:30 .. -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 1323 Sep 15 20:35 localtime -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 3544 Sep 15 21:14 named.conf # ..., and the only zone file I have at the moment is a copy of that suggested in the handbook: # more named.localhost $ORIGIN localhost. $TTL 6h @ IN SOA localhost. postmaster.localhost. ( 1 ; serial 3600 ; refresh 1800 ; retry 604800 ; expiration 3600 ) ; minimum IN NS localhost. IN A 127.0.0.1 # What I'd appreciate is information on whether or not I can adjust my bind set-up so as to achieve my intentions from where I am at the moment. Thanks so much for taking the time (both of you). Stacey <snip> On Mon, 2002-10-14 at 20:14, Ceri Davies wrote: > I think that's the case. > A caching nameserver will only query other nameservers, so nobody else is > serving DNS for your local machines, then you'll need to. > > > I'm willing to post my named.conf file and any others that might prove > > helpful to anyone willing to help. Not sure what will be of use at this > > point, so do let me know, please. > > Let us know exactly what you want first ;) > > Ceri > -- > you can't see when light's so strong > you can't see when light is gone > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Stacey Roberts B.Sc (HONS) Computer Science Web: www.vickiandstacey.com
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