if you let point your /etc/resolv.conf to the ip-adress of your dns-server, it should work.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?
Frank
: : " Beware of the naked man who offers you his shirt. " :
if not, test it with the following on the machine which has your dns-server running:
dig @localhost servername.domain.tld
you should get a reply according to your reply-section from localhost.
;; Query time: 30 msec ;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(localhost) ;; WHEN: Tue Feb 8 07:26:38 2005 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 85
and it should also resolve the hostname you indicated.
if you do afterwards dig @ip-adress-of-dns-server servername.domain.tld
it should do the same. If not, it could be a firewall-issue. using lokkit, make sure, that udp:domain (and perhaps also tcp:domain) are openend.
HTH Roger
