[CentOS] Re: centos 4.4 dns problem -

[Edward Milstein]

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On Mar 20, 2007, at 6:05 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote:

> Ty R. McMichael wrote:
>> Check your named.conf file for the rndc.key entry.  Is the path  
>> correct?
>> Did you generate one or use the already built one?
>>
>>
>
> That must be the problem.
>
> /etc/resolv.conf  has one line -
>
> nameserver 12.189.32.61
>
> I don't know how to get the key?

The two files, /etc/rndc.conf and /etc/rndc.key must agree...

The relevant lines are

-> key     "rndckey";

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>
> I initially set this up with system-config-network and assumed  
> everything would just work?
>
> Did I do the wrong thing?
>
> Bob
>> On Tue, 2007-03-20 at 19:51 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote:
>>
>>> Les Mikesell wrote:
>>>
>>>> Scott Silva wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Bob Goodwin spake the following on 3/20/2007 3:22 PM:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I've just installed Centos 4.4 on a computer, replacing FC6,  
>>>>>> and the
>>>>>> first thing I find is that DNS does not work no matter what I  
>>>>>> have in
>>>>>> /etc/resolv.conf.  It should at least work with my ISP's  
>>>>>> assigned server
>>>>>> but doesn't.  Numerical URL's work via the browser and ping.   
>>>>>> Is there
>>>>>> something else I need to attend to?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I hope this is the right list for such questions.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Bob Goodwin
>>>>>>
>>>>> Named isn't started by default, even if you install caching- 
>>>>> nameserver.
>>>>>
>>>> Named doesn't need to be running if your /etc/resolv.conf points  
>>>> elsewhere.  Do you have firewalls blocking port 53?
>>>>
>>>> 'dig' is usually a reasonable diagnostic tool.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I tried disabling the firewall, still nothing.
>>>
>>> dig just reports "connection timed out; no servers could be reached"
>>>
>>> Bob
>
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