Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2003 15:47:21 +0100 From: Robert Downes <nullentropy@lineone.net> To: Brian Reichert <reichert@numachi.com>, freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: named sandbox trouble Message-ID: <3F896979.6000102@lineone.net> In-Reply-To: <20031012060500.GA274@numachi.com> References: <3F862EA7.7000402@lineone.net> <20031010162031.GO56167@numachi.com> <3F873F44.4000205@bobulous.net> <20031012060500.GA274@numachi.com>
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>>>>I'm trying to setup BIND so that my machine understands its own hostname >>>>(because mySQL refuses to install because the hostname appears invalid >>>>and the --force option seems to do nothing), and because it would be >>>>helpful generally. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>This doesn't answer your question, as I don't run BIND, but couldn't >>>you just put an entry in /etc/hosts? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>I have an entry for my machine's IP address and the address of my router >>in /etc/hosts, but still I get complaints. >> >> > >Weird. :/ > >Are the entries fully qualified? >What does your resolv.conf look like? >Do any other apps complain? > >I'd have to look at the MySQL install scripts to be sure, but I >can't fathom why MySQL would go out of it's way to sneak around the >resolver... > > > I've realised that my /etc/resolv.conf is being overwritten on every reboot. I assumed this was because of DHCP, but disabling DHCP meant that my network connection was disabled. I think a lot of the problem is not understanding how to define a home network behind an ADSL-modem/router/switch, so I'm configuring things badly, and that's causing failure. Where can I go to fully educate myself on how to configure my ADSL-modem/router/switch and also FreeBSD behind that router? -- Bob echo Mail fefsensmrrjyaheeoceoq\! | tr "jefroq\!" "@obe.uk" -- Bob
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