On Saturday 30 September 2006 10:23, Carlos E. R. wrote:
The Friday 2006-09-29 at 20:09 -0400, Carl Hartung wrote:
I investigated /etc/named.d/forwarders.conf and the forwarding line there was empty of IPs but also *not* commented out. I commented the line out and 'rcnamed start' worked.
If you don't have a forwarders configuration, it means you are asking (and loading) the root servers, and that is not convenient. It is better to ask first your isp dns (or any other dns that works), and only if they fail, then query the root servers. Anyhow, the second time you need that name, the query will be local to your machine.
But I *do* have a forwarders configuration (and a reminder this is a 10.0 system): From /etc/named.conf: # The forwarders record contains a list of servers to which queries # should be forwarded. Enable this line and modify the IP address to # your provider's name server. Up to three servers may be listed. forwarders { 4.2.2.1; 4.2.2.2; }; # Enable the next entry to prefer usage of the name server declared in # the forwarders section. forward first; I also commented out the final line in /etc/named.d/forwarders, as follows: # Copyright (c) 2001-2004 SuSE Linux AG, Nuernberg, Germany. # All rights reserved. # Forwarders file for PPPD updates (only) # # /etc/named.d/forwarders.conf #forwarders ; I did this because a) named wouldn't start with the default, and b) I interpreted "Forwarders file for PPPD updates (only)" to mean it applies only to dial-up networking and I'm on DSL. Are you saying I should, instead, copy the line as it appears in named.conf? Thanks! Carl