[CentOS] Re: centos 4.4 dns problem -

Tue Mar 20 23:59:06 UTC 2007

Check your named.conf file for the rndc.key entry.  Is the path correct?
Did you generate one or use the already built one?

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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