Hi all, Solaris might find it cool not to use DNS at all!
You will never notice. You can surfe the internet without DNS if you have a Solaris workstation. If you have NIS, Suns nameservice protocol that replaces both DNS ans /etc/hosts then your workstation might ask a NIS-server only. If that NIS-server runs a bind resolver then this NIS server will lookup all your name queries. A look into /etc/nsswitch.conf and /etc/resolve.conf might help. Regards, Peter and Karin Dambier > > > --- Ursprüngliche Nachricht --- > > Von: snort bsd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > An: nanog <nanog@merit.edu> > > Betreff: dns for private domain > > Datum: Sat, 21 May 2005 13:54:22 +1000 (EST) > > > > > > Hi All: > > > > Does a DNS have specific reqirements? I imagine it > > would not need the root cache file since it would go > > nowhere except own domain. > > You absolutely need a root.zone and a root.zone file > > To see what a root.zone file looks like download one. > > http://www.kokoom.com/iason/iason70.html > http://iason.site.voila.fr/iason70.html > > show several ways how to get one. > > The IASON project may be helpful: > > http://www.kokoom.com/iason/ > http://iason.site.voila.fr/ > > > I set up a DNS (named it as "lab.com") server in the > > lab and it seems to be working fine; I can resolve > > hostnames on my linux box and window box, but on Sun > > Solaris machine I got "non-exist domain" error. > > Anything specific for the Solaris' resolver or I need > > to do some extra on my DNS configuration? > > You must enter your nameserver in the root.zone file. > > Dont let it be "hint" but make ist "master" > > The root.zone is a normal zone like any other. Dont get > afraid of that single "." > > Whatever is not found will be looked up in the root.zone. > There must be a delegation to your existing zone. That is > all you need. Seeing a root.zone your solaris will run. > > The only real problem comes up when you have workstations > that can see the outside. Which are the real root-servers? > > > > TIA > > > > Dave > > Regards, > > Peter and Karin Dambier > Public-Root > -- Peter und Karin Dambier Graeffstrasse 14 D-64646 Heppenheim +49-6252-671788 (Telekom) +49-6252-599091 (O2 Genion) +1-360-226-6583-9738 (INAIC) [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.peter-dambier.de peter-dambier.site.voila.fr