On Fri, 28 Jul 2006, dxuranus wrote:
can i setup a dns name server in my localmachine?
The Linux Documentation Project has a fine howto doc:
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/DNS-HOWTO.html
I've written a less comprehensive intro,
http://www.madboa.com/geek/soho-bind/
...a better edited version of which can be found in Carla Schroder's excellent Linux Cookbook (O'Reilly):
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/linuxckbk/