[15942] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Root name server
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Perry E. Metzger)
Tue Mar 31 16:15:40 1998
To: D.Haywood@btinternet.com
cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 31 Mar 1998 18:11:28."
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Reply-To: perry@piermont.com
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 16:06:35 -0500
From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
"Dave Haywood" writes:
> I need to setup an internal root name server in my private network. I am
> using bind v8.1.1 (Solaris 2.5.1). Does anyone have any pointers on how to
> achieve this?
>
> For those of you not already asleep, the primary nameserver for the root
> domain and the organisation domain are the same server (I know this is a bad
> idea but that's just how it is).
What do you mean, "that is how it is"?
> The nameserver starts up OK (no errors) but when I query the
> nameserver (dig xxx) it returns zero responses.
You haven't explained the problem very well. What do you mean by an
"internal root"? Do you have a server serving "."? If so, are your
internal records immediately under "." or are they under a more
reasonable spot? Why are you doing this in the first place?
Perry
