On Mon, 2005-02-07 at 13:37, Paul Howarth wrote: > Scot L. Harris wrote: > > On Mon, 2005-02-07 at 13:00, Frank Stratton - VE3YY wrote: > > > >>I've tried unsuccessfully to set up a DNS server using the GUI (or any other > >>method). I add a domain, a host record, save and restart named and when I > >>try to resolve the name it says it can't find it. > >> > >>Can someone point me in the right direction? > > > > > > In addition to creating the zone files you will need to point your > > machine to that DNS server. You do that in the /etc/named.conf file via > > the nameserver statements. > > Scot means /etc/resolv.conf, not /etc/named.conf of course... > The danger of reading email and participating on a conference call at the same time. :) You are correct, that should have been resolv.conf. > > The bible for setting up DNS servers is the O'Reilly book DNS and Bind > > (isbn 1-56592-010-4). Highly recommend you get a current copy of this > > book. Mine is from 1993 and is heavily dog eared. :) > > So is mine... > > Paul. -- Scot L. Harris webid@xxxxxxxxxx fenderberg, n.: The large glacial deposits that form on the insides of car fenders during snowstorms. -- "Sniglets", Rich Hall & Friends
