[CentOS] Re: CentOS 4 DNS Server not listening

Wed Apr 4 18:10:53 UTC 2007
Scott Silva <ssilva at sgvwater.com>

Michael Barnes spake the following on 4/4/2007 10:46 AM:
> I installed CentOS 4 on a new box to use as a DNS server.  It is a basic
> server install.
> 
> I configured named and it is all up and running fine.  It just isn't
> listening on Port 53.  It also (obviously) does not respond to DNS
> requests.  Requests from the machine itself are processed just fine, so
> the service is working.  It just can't be used by other machines.  Not
> good for a public DNS server.
> 
> I did install and turn on SELinux.  Maybe that was a mistake?  I've not
> worked with SELinux before.
> 
> Thanks for any ideas,
> Michael
Did you also enable the firewall? Did you allow the DNS ports to be open?


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