Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 17:55:05 -0400 From: Mitch Collinsworth <mkc@Graphics.Cornell.EDU> To: Cliff Addy <fbsdlist@federation.addy.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DNS setup problem, "Can't find server name" Message-ID: <199909232155.AA022203705@broccoli.graphics.cornell.edu> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 23 Sep 1999 17:36:25 EDT." <Pine.BSF.3.95q.990923171904.10124A-100000@federation.addy.com>
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>Actually, I think I may have found it. The new named *insists* that
>certain files be located in /etc/namedb, even if named.conf tells it to
>get files from somewhere else.
That seems hard to believe, but a) you didn't say which files
you mean, and b) I haven't tried this, so I won't challenge you
on it.
>The long pause no longer happens, but it
>now cannot look up remote names. Is the "hint" file name no longer
>flexible, i.e. does it have to be a specific name?
I don't see why it should have to be. My conf file says:
zone "." {
type hint;
file "named.root";
};
So it would seem one could substitute any name here.
-Mitch
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