Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2000 22:02:04 -0600 (MDT) From: Nick Rogness <nick@rapidnet.com> To: Fernando Ariel Gont <fgont@softhome.net> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: DNS setup Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10006092154120.97244-100000@rapidnet.com> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.0.20000609133728.00aa1c20@pop.softhome.net>
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On Fri, 9 Jun 2000, Fernando Ariel Gont wrote: > Hi! > > I'm having problems setting up named. > > What I want to do is to set named up so that the domains *.ariel.com are > translated to the IP address 127.0.0.* (locally on my computer) > For example: > > a IN A 127.0.0.1 > b IN A 127.0.0.2 > c IN A 127.0.0.3 > > and so on... (a.ariel.com should be translated to 127.0.0.1, b.ariel.com to > 127.0.0.2, and so on) OK. > > I configured named to do the reverse translation (to get the domain name, > by means of the IP number), and it works Ok, but I couldn't use it for > doing the "forward" translations. Did you setup the forward addresses within the zone ariel.com ? What do your config files look like? > > I updated the named.boot file and the named.conf and pointed the ones I put > in /var/named in these files. > What does nslookup say about these problems (debug mode)? > I've read "TCP/IP Illustrated" (Stevens) chapter about the DNS, and have > read some FAQs and HOWTOs, but I couldn't make it work. > Try O-Reilly DNS/Bind, revision 3...great book. > If anyone could give me any help, it'd be much appreciated. > [If you have any config files for doing what I'm trying to do, I'd be glad > to receive them in at fgont@softhome.net , so that I could have a look at > them] // in 0.0.127.in-addr.arpa zone file: 1 IN PTR a.ariel.com. 2 IN PTR b.ariel.com. 3 IN PTR c.ariel.com. . . . // in ariel.com zone file: a.ariel.com. IN A 127.0.0.1 b.ariel.com. IN A 127.0.0.2 c.ariel.com. IN A 127.0.0.3 . . . Update your Serial numbers for those zones. Reload your name server. Nick Rogness - Speak softly and carry a Gigabit switch. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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