If recursive queries are enabled on a DNS server (which they are on Bind), any requests for a domain which it is not authoritative for are automatically resolved the normal way. I believe Bind 9 supports dynamic DNS, so you should be able to use this to do what you want. > -----Original Message----- > From: rpgoldman at real-time.com [mailto:rpgoldman at real-time.com] > Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 12:39 PM > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Subject: Re: [TCLUG] reload hosts file > > > >>>>> "Jay" == Jay Kline <list at slushpupie.com> writes: > > Jay> On September 1, 10:37 pm "Raymond Norton" <admin at lctn.org> > Jay> wrote: > >> I need to add new entries to my hosts file quite often. How can > >> I reload it without a reboot? > >> > > Jay> As was already stated, there is no need to reboot to have it > Jay> take effect. But something to consider is why you are making > Jay> frequent changes. DNS is a much better solution for changing > Jay> hostnames/ips, as most dhcp clients support dns updates (to a > Jay> degree). > > I hope this isn't thread-hijacking, but I have been wondering about > reloading hosts files, too, because I run a teeny home network behind > my firewall. There are a couple of DHCP-issued changing IP addresses, > so I had thought about running a DNS, but it seemed like overkill (and > previously people on this list had said it WAS overkill). Is there a > very simple way to set up a DNS server that will keep track of a small > number of hosts, some of whom get their IP addresses from DHCP, and > then just farms out all other queries? I imagine many others on the > list have the same kind of setup. > > I looked briefly at djbdns, as being a micro-DNS server, but it was so > off the conventional Linux approaches to file location, daemon > running, etc., that I just gave up. > > Thanks, > R > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list