> Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 11:07:17 -0500 > From: Dan Rue <drue at therub.org> > I think there is massive confusion going on here. Sadly, yes. I'm confused, but the fog is clearing. > >From what I can remember of your thread, I don't know why someone > recommended that you run named (bind). I don't think you need it. No one here recommended my running named. Someone did recommend that I check its status. In any case, I can't start, stop or check the status of named. I would like to resolve that even if I don't use it... but it can wait. > /etc/resolv.conf is used for when you try to resolve a name. that is > necessary on any computer connected to the internet. It has nothing to > do with named. I now see that any resolution immediately uses the new contents. > named is for if you want to run a name server, to serve requests for a > particular domain (or a caching name server) - you don't need it! It's > a pita to set up if you're not familiar with it, anyway. My lesson for the day. That's good to know. I thought named might give some benefit like faster lookups, but that benefit will be small. > What? You can add a second DNS server to resolv.conf anytime. > > What exactly is not working? $ping itasca.net ping: unknown host itasca.net That comes back immediately with just 209.46.63.1 in my resolv.conf (ns.gofast.net). If I add 207.195.213.5 and -.6, it takes a while longer but returns the same result. (Those two IP's are listed as the domain hosts in whois itasca.net.) Adding 209.46.63.6 (ns2.gofast.net) makes it take longer but still fails. If I dig itasca.net, I get SERVFAIL with 209.46.63.1. If I use any of the other three IP's, I get timeouts. Chris Schumann _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list