At 6:31 AM +0800 3/30/07, Ed Greshko wrote: >Tony Nelson wrote: > >> Tim -- is this also a solution for my problem? I have set up a local >> server (on CentOS 4.4) to test a replacement for a real server with a >> domain name (running RH 7.2). The local server should always resolve that >> domain name to itself, so as to properly test itself and not the real >> server. Just adding lines to /etc/hosts was insufficient, probably because >> DNS queries (dig, nslookup) still see the real server. I'm trying to avoid >> really understanding BIND at this time, as I have plenty of other issues to >> deal with, and the new server, when deployed, won't need this testing DNS >> configuration. > >If you don't want to understand named and how to configure it then try the >following. > >1. Remove the /etc/resolv.conf >2. Create a /etc/hosts file that contains all of the information needed and >that includes all of the servers that host may need to contact for testing >purposes. >3. Edit the /etc/nsswitch and change the "hosts" line to have "files" only. Thanks, but that wasn't the question, and it raises its own difficult questions. I'll wait for Tim. -- ____________________________________________________________________ TonyN.:' <mailto:tonynelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ' <http://www.georgeanelson.com/>
