From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Oct 14 12: 2:15 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D73537B401 for ; Mon, 14 Oct 2002 12:02:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from shockwave.systems.pipex.net (shockwave.systems.pipex.net [62.241.160.9]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 17B1D43E97 for ; Mon, 14 Oct 2002 12:02:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from stacey@Demon.vickiandstacey.com) Received: from Demon (81-86-129-77.dsl.pipex.com [81.86.129.77]) by shockwave.systems.pipex.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6BD9016000BD5 for ; Mon, 14 Oct 2002 20:02:08 +0100 (BST) Subject: Caching namesever in sandbox not resolving local boxes From: Stacey Roberts Reply-To: sroberts@dsl.pipex.com To: FreeBSD Questions Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-lQrJ7j/BcrlGL1DnF8yB" X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.8 Date: 14 Oct 2002 20:02:11 +0100 Message-Id: <1034622133.363.34.camel@Demon.vickiandstacey.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG --=-lQrJ7j/BcrlGL1DnF8yB Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, I thought I had this one licked, but I may have ommited some step that I'd like to get some info on, please. I've got named configured as a caching nameserver in a sandbox on my gateway as per the Handbook. However when I run nslookup on other machines on my network, I get this: # nslookup Server: Address: upstream NS IP> *** can't find : Non-existent host/domain #=20 I have the lan box in /etc/hosts and my domain included at the top of /etc/resolv.conf.=20 I'm thinking that I can't resolve any other hosts on my network because I've not got entries for them in a zone file, but then the handbook says that to create a caching nameserver: "A caching name server is a name server that is not authoritative for any zones. It simply asks queries of its own, and remembers them for later use. To set one up, just configure the name server as usual, omitting any inclusions of zones." So, am I missing something here. I might well be mistaken in my understanding of exactly *what* a caching nameserver is supposed to do. Running nslookup on the g'way itself by name resolves to my external IP address, for the record, though. I'm willing to post my named.conf file and any others that might prove helpful to anyone willing to help. Not sure what will be of use at this point, so do let me know, please. TIA Stacey --=20 Stacey Roberts B.Sc (HONS) Computer Science Web: www.vickiandstacey.com --=-lQrJ7j/BcrlGL1DnF8yB Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 6.5.8 iQEVAwUAPasUsZvQeubckvvXAQFgbggAhPao9yBks3GPH7nRSRuFVY6Vzncue0DS L9+kzBd9EZEfKOE+UrJCh/mIZodhPIZLkSig0fONxQufIrD6RVEGOB9VHMxElYed g/K2cys+wcMYdnZxYNCbF5+TQsp+YDM++XoNtwfnvmKTU2NWJEuGBdHqBcBQWelm gI2N3+Aio+o7shpC3FSTI5iDr6OGCovhjSgjC5byxw0+sLH8bnLZA4gPSb1DbB2i ruebnV52JgC6gP2GhEqcakjeFuUqAynVtXb8SiuSHwdTmkLgQ1ZrnjzP2S+yYlBo 5+OMQnb9L/3MjFFWFxkdAviqechsVViN9yyR/jlAXDMJtOMgOcnzQg== =J191 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-lQrJ7j/BcrlGL1DnF8yB-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message