I thought I needed it because in the initial artivle on Mail Servers one of the first things you had to do was modify a file in the DNS setup that they did the issue before. I then thought that you would have to have got the DNS working before proceeding onto the mail server.
Even if this is not correct I think I shall still setup DNS as it seems like a good idea. Chris -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Colin McKinnon Sent: 02 October 2001 10:30 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [scottish] Setting up a mail server At 20:36 01/10/01 +0100, Chris Dickson wrote: >To set up the mail server I think I have to set up the DNS server as well Why's that? Leaving aside that issue, there are benefits to using a local DNS so..... >(http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue44/pollman/dns.html) so I started to do >that. I have now created all of the files needed but when it comes to >starting it up (I have RedHat 7.1) I type "/etc/rc.d/init.d/named start" >(without the speech marks) into a console window but I don't have this >file/directory so nothing happens apart from an error message. > >Any suggestions? > >Thanks, >Chris Yes, its unusual that you would have the bind daemon but no startup script (bind is the package including named): check that you don't already have a program servicing DNS requests by running: netstat -a | less & look for lines like tcp 0 0 lan.lan.lan.86:53 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:53 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN udp 0 0 lan.lan.lan.86:53 0.0.0.0:* udp 0 0 127.0.0.1:53 0.0.0.0:* if these ARE there then there is a name server already running. If they are not there, then check you have the bind package installed: rpm -q bind If it is there then _should_ be a corresponding init file. Best idea would be to try re-installing the package from your CD (NB `rpm -q -l bind` will give you a list of the files which should have been installed). NB bind is something of a target for hackers - make sure its properly firewalled. Colin -------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.lug.org.uk http://www.linuxportal.co.uk http://www.linuxjob.co.uk http://www.linuxshop.co.uk -------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.lug.org.uk http://www.linuxportal.co.uk http://www.linuxjob.co.uk http://www.linuxshop.co.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------
