On Mon, 2005-08-15 at 18:19 -0600, Dave Harman wrote: > > After configuring Bind, and starting it I found the following > problem : > > There is no problem accessing outside sites, and mail comes into my > domain from outside with no problem. > > But, the bind server cannot see anything inside. > > When I type the command 'host' and a machine in the local network, > I get the reply name lookup failed. > > Personally, I;m not so convinced chroot is superior to non-chroot > and I don't understand why subsequent releases have to be so complicated > > Anyway, does anyone have a idea what I can look at ? > Hello, Not a solution as such, but I repored a Fedora bug relating to chrooted bind a while ago (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=160680). The suggestion (see comment 1) was that if SElinux is being used then it provides a more secure environment than a chrooted bind. As such the chroot-bind is not required is you have SElinux enabled. It makes things a bit easier without the chroot I find. John. -- --------------------------------------------------------------- John Horne, University of Plymouth, UK Tel: +44 (0)1752 233914 E-mail: John.Horne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fax: +44 (0)1752 233839
