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Re: DNS and diald - can they work together?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jan Carlson)
Wed Oct 28 14:42:06 1998
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1998 14:15:03 -0500
From: Jan Carlson <janc@iname.com>
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KThorpe wrote:
> I'm trying to set up a DNS server for our small network. Any failed requests
> need passing on to our ISP's DNS or the authoritative servers.
>
> I've got a cacheing nameserver set up as per the DNS-HOWTO which works fine
> when the ppp link is up. This correctly gives answers from its internal
> tables where possible and from cache or the 'net when not.
>
> The problem is when the ppp link is down. It doesn't seem to generate
> requests to kick diald into action. I can't see any pending in the
> diald-control screen.
diald.conf specifies a filter file, ex. standard.filter.
The filter file has a line that makes diald ignore
domain requests. You need to turn that off.
>
>
> Can these work together and if so what am I missing? I'll send my config
> files if anyone is prepared to help.
>
> TIA
>
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