Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 16:07:27 -0700 (PDT) From: Dan Busarow <dan@dpcsys.com> To: Cliff Addy <fbsdlist@federation.addy.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DNS setup problem, "Can't find server name" Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990923160125.26720P-100000@java.dpcsys.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.990923171904.10124A-100000@federation.addy.com>
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On Thu, 23 Sep 1999, Cliff Addy wrote: > On Thu, 23 Sep 1999, Mitch Collinsworth wrote: > > I don't doubt your zone files are the same, but I do suspect this > > one isn't getting read. Possibly a typo in your named.conf. > > 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. 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? No it doesn't. My zone files and named.conf are in /usr/local/lib/named and everything works fine. You can also give the hints file any name you want. named.conf controls all. You _do_ need to tell named where to find named.conf if it's not in /etc/namedb by using the -b /path/to/named.conf flag. Dan -- Dan Busarow 949 443 4172 Dana Point Communications, Inc. dan@dpcsys.com Dana Point, California 83 09 EF 59 E0 11 89 B4 8D 09 DB FD E1 DD 0C 82 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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