RE: [SLE] DNS Server

8 Aug 2001

      Thanks :o)

-----Original Message-----
From: Tor Sigurdsson [mailto:tosi@suse.starf.rhi.hi.is]
Sent: 07 August 2001 19:36
To: Andrew Smith
Cc: suse-linux-e@suse.com
Subject: Re: [SLE] DNS Server

Þann þriðjudagur 07 ágúst 2001 15:58 skrifaðir þú:
...
Hi
I have a SuSE Linux 6.1 box acting as a mail server and internet gateway.
I
would like to set up a dns server on it so that other machines on my
network ask it for DNS-Lookups instead of asking my ISP. I don't just want
it to have local addresses - it should give the IP for any address on the
internet.
Can someone give details on how to do this or point me in the right
direction?
Many Thanks,
Andrew
I assume the following:

Your ISPs nameservers have the IP addresses 1.2.3.4 and 1.2.3.5
Your local LAN is 192.168.0.0/24

Then use the following clause in /etc/named.conf

options {

        directory "/var/named";
        allow-query {
                192.168.0.0/24;
        };

        forwarders {
                1.2.3.4;
                1.2.3.5;
        };

        forward only;
};

-tosi