At 11:30 AM 12/30/2005, Jerry57 (GMail) wrote: >Hello Robert, > > What is listed in /etc/resolv.conf? You should have something like: > search my.domain > nameserver 10.0.0.1 I got that: cat resolv.conf ; generated by /sbin/dhclient-script search htt-consult.com nameserver 65.84.78.211 nameserver 65.84.78.209 Oh, and originally I installed the system to use DHCP. Then I the gnome Network control apt to edit stuff to go to the static address. > where my.domain is the domainname for your network and 10.0.0.1 is > the IP of the DNS server you are setting up. > > jer > >Friday, December 30, 2005, 9:12:52 AM, you wrote: > > > At 02:46 PM 12/29/2005, Benjamin Smith wrote: > >>Restart named. ("#/etc/rc.d/init.d/named restart;") Then, test as follows, > >>when logged into DNS system: > >> > >>nslookup - localhost > >> > mydomain.com. > > > I have been getting no where with this one. Going through various > > online BIND9 setup tutorials, I see a reference to nsswitch.conf. In > > this file I find the entry: > > > hosts: files dns > > > I have yet to find any explaination of this file. Is there something > > I need to add? > > > Also I found references to /etc/hostname and /etc/networks. Neither > > are on my system. Are they needed? > > > And this was pretty much a standard CentOS 4.2 install, but I went > > back using that 'broken' add/remove gui to add BIND that I forgot > > (before I knew about yum install bind) > > >>Notice the dot at the end of the domain. It'll either work or tell > >>you that it > >>didn't. If it works, your DNS server is set up. If not, your DNS > server isn't > >>as properly configured as you think. > >> > >>-Ben > >> > >>On Thursday 29 December 2005 07:28, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > >> > I am setting up a new DNS server. It will be primary for my domain. > >> > > >> > This server is in an active subnet with a real public address. > >> > > >> > It is not setup yet properly in .com, but that is in the works. > >> > > >> > In the var/named/chroot/etc > >> > > >> > I added: > >> > > >> > named.custom (which I 'included' in named.conf) > >> > > >> > and my various zone files. > >> > > >> > All the log entries look good. > >> > > >> > Oh in /etc/resolv.conf, I added my system as one of the namewervers. > >> > > >> > When I go into nslookup and type any host name I get the error: > >> > > >> > ** server can't find foo:NXDOMAIN > >> > > >> > where foo is whatever I typed in. > >> > > >> > so what else did I forget to change? > >> > > >> > > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > CentOS mailing list > >> > CentOS at centos.org > >> > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > >> > > >> > >>-- > >>"The best way to predict the future is to invent it." > >>- XEROX PARC slogan, circa 1978 > >>_______________________________________________ > >>CentOS mailing list > >>CentOS at centos.org > >>http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > > _______________________________________________ > > CentOS mailing list > > CentOS at centos.org > > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > >-- >USE THE BEST . . . > >Linux for servers . . . > > Macintosh for graphics . . . > > Palm for mobility . . . > > Windows for solitaire! > >_______________________________________________ >CentOS mailing list >CentOS at centos.org >http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos