John Andersen wrote:
On Wednesday 21 February 2007, Joe Morris (NTM) wrote:
The server can use your host file. Unless you are using DDNS updates from your dhcpd, it is very easy to edit your zone files via Yast, Network Services, DNS Server, Zone files. I am impressed by this Yast module this time (10.2). Alas, if you edit them this way, it will delete the update-allow line in those zone files and disable ddns, as you can't have both. You could create another zone in Yast I suppose for those addresses. Try out Yast for this, it makes it rather easy. Also, check out the sysconfig variables for some very nicely done include "magic". HTH.
Well this is exactly the way it was set up Joe, but yet the the dns server will not serve names in /etc/hosts.
Sorry, bad choice of words (and now out of context). I was saying your server works because it CAN use /etc/hosts, but your windows clients cannot use it and thus need a working DNS. My main point was you can create the zone files with Yast, Network Services, DNS Server. My side point was, if you use dynamically updated dns using your dhcp server, you should NOT use Yast to edit your zone files, or it will mess up the dhcp updating. Hope that is clearer. -- Joe Morris Registered Linux user 231871 running openSUSE 10.2 x86_64 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org