From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Dec 3 21:23:18 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from shorty.ahpcns.com (joemoore-host.dsl.visi.com [209.98.246.61]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA81A15325 for ; Fri, 3 Dec 1999 21:23:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jomor@ahpcns.com) Received: from ahpcns.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by shorty.ahpcns.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C92B31B7 for ; Fri, 3 Dec 1999 23:23:13 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <3848A541.85FBA007@ahpcns.com> Date: Sat, 04 Dec 1999 05:23:13 +0000 From: jomor Organization: ahpcns X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.61 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.0.36 i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: FW: How to setup DNS on FreeBSD 3.3 References: <000601bf3e0e$48189ca0$1e0800d3@sysadmins.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG So your DNS is able to resolve "host.domain.com.domain.com" but not "host.domain.com"? If this is the case you probably have a zone file that has "A" type resource records using the "almost FQDN" of the host. I say "almost FQDN" because a true FQDN needs a trailing "." which signifies "root". So add a dot at the end of each "host.domain.com" type name in the zone file (preferred), or leave off the "domain.com" in the "A" resource records, but don't do both. HTH ...jgm Koyo Kumagai wrote: > Okay, so I figured out that 3.x (or bind 8) uses named.conf instead of > named.boot... > > Now, I've tried a few things (without much documentation in hand) and it > responds but I keep getting this: > > If I look up for a FQDN in my domain (say mydomain.com) and type > > > hostname.mydomain.com > > the result is this > > Name: hostname.mydomain.com.mydomain.com > Address: (address is corect) > > I can't just look up with the hostname, and when I put in a FQDN, it appends > my domain name after it in the result. > > Anyone have any suggestions? > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Koyo Kumagai > Sent: Saturday, December 04, 1999 10:55 AM > To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: How to setup DNS on FreeBSD 3.3 > > I'm trying to setup DNS for my newly installed 3.3, and since I just got my > domain and leased line, I'm anxious to get it going. > > I'm reading this old FreeBSD guide book for 2.2.6, and I follow their > instructions but none of them work. I keep getting this type of error: > > *** localhost can't find xxxxxx: No response from server > > Are the configuration files formatted differently or something from 3.0? > Please guide me to any web sites that may help me. > > Many thanks in advance. > > ----------------------------------------------- > Koyo Kumagai, MCSE > > Merrill Lynch Japan Incorporated > Enterprise Technology Services > Tel +81-3-3213-8178 > Fax +81-3-3213-7147 > E-mail Koyo_Kumagai@japan.ml.com > ----------------------------------------------- > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message