Re: [TCLUG:4147] DNS

[Bob Tanner <tanner@real-time.com>]

Quoting Serge M. Egelman (serge@egel2.med.umn.edu):
> my resolv.conf:
> --------------------
> search slack.edu
> nameserver 127.0.0.1
> --------------------

Is your host IP not static? 

127.0.0.1 should work, but a typical setup is the host IP of the DNS
server. 

You also want to add the domain directive to your /etc/resolv.conf
like this:

domain real-time.com
nameserver 206.10.252.1
nameserver 206.10.253.1
nameserver 137.192.240.5


The additional namserver directives are slave servers incase the
master (206.10.252.1) fails.

> my hosts:
> ---------------
> 127.0.0.1    localhost
> 192.168.1.1        c3p0.slack.edu c3p0
> 192.168.1.2        r2d2.slack.edu r2d2
> 192.168.1.4        almighty-bob.slack.edu almighty-bob
> ----------------------

Woah. I must have missed a thread. Are you trying to setup a DNS
server for a private IP network aka serving up IP address for
192.160.0.0 networks?

> how do I set up a zone for my cache (I might have, but am not sure)?

What does your /etc/named.conf look like?

FYI, if you are trying to setup a root name server for your private IP
addresses, then we are in for a long talk :-)

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