[98455] in RedHat Linux List
Re: DNS Question
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jan Carlson)
Mon Nov 9 06:24:35 1998
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1998 06:23:56 -0500
From: Jan Carlson <janc@iname.com>
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Justin Oelgoetz wrote:
> I have a caching DNS server running on my home machine. It works if I
> put in nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx in my resolv.conf (where
> xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the IP address I get from my ISP) it does not work if
> I put in 127.0.0.1 or the address of an internal NIC (Which is not
> connected to a network, but is pingable). Manually editing the
> resolv.conf file everytime I connect is annoying to say the least, and I
> could write a script, but it seems the DNS should work w/ 127.0.0.1.
> Any ideas?
Your pppd needs to set the default route for you,
to go through the ppp link to the internet, but only while you
are connected. If you are running
a caching nameserver, then you can and should put 127.0.0.1 alone
in /etc/resolv.conf. Otherwise, you might as well turn off your
DNS.
To get a caching nameserver running or RedHat 5.1, I installed
the bind and caching-nameserver rpms, that's all,
no configs required.
It still works fine after upgrading to RedHat5.2 too.
>
>
> Justin Oelgoetz
>
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