Thanks Brian. So bind does do local DNS, but it uses zone files, not the "hosts" file. That's the answer I was looking for. Now I know where to go.
Sincere thanks again to all who contributed to this thread. julian. ====================== At 11:23 AM 1/4/02 -0500, you wrote: >On Friday 04 January 2002 11:19, you babbled something about: > > > > So the question is: HOW do I give it those local mappings, if not the host > > file ??? That appears to be the big question here. > >You might want to try the DNS HOWTO. > >The hosts file is for the "hosts style look-ups". So you need to completely >disassociate the whole concept of hosts away from DNS. > >In Bind (a DNS server) you create what are called "zone" files. These are >where you tell Bind how to do the mappings for the DNS requests. > >There are plenty of good resources out there that will tell you how to get >started. > >-- >Brian Ashe CTO >Dee-Web Software Services, LLC. [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >_______________________________________________ >Redhat-list mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list ============================== Julian A. Opificius. 802 Fawn Road, Elk River, MN 55330. Home: 763.441.1291, Cell: 763.360.5919 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 3268206 ============================== _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
