Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 21:27:22 -0700 (PDT) From: Tony <tony@idk.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to specifiy nameserver Message-ID: <200109010427.VAA27772@idk.com> In-Reply-To: <DBEIKNMKGOBGNDHAAKGNMEJBICAA.dave@hawk-systems.com> from "Dave" at Aug 31, 2001 08:17:44 AM
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Yes it was meant to be DNS, my typing is not so good anymore. Sorry. Why I asked, because: 1) I was interested in how to do this, I could not find it in the FreeBsd book or any other book I have. 2) I found various references, including the file, but nothing about format of the file that I could find. 3) I was also interested in what sort of impact moving the name server back to the ISP may have. 4) I wanted to learn about this, after all isn't that what this newsgroup is about, sharing ideas? Thanks to all the responded > > >>> If I am not running named locally, how do I specify using DSN on my ISP? > >>> > >>> I think that it's in one of the /etc/host* but I do not know which or the > >>> format to add this. > >> > >> You put it in /etc/resolv.conf. Type "man resolv.conf" for detailed > >> information. Basically, do something like this in /etc/resolv.conf > >> > >> domain your-domain-name > >> nameserver ip-address-of-the-nameserver > > > >You seem to be understanding more than I am. For me, DSN means > >"delivery status notification", and it's an MTA function, not a name > >server function. > > My guess was that was a typo > > >The real question, though, is "why not run named?". It's trivial to > >set up a caching-only name server, and it's much faster than using > >remote name servers or /etc/hosts. > > or dnscache as part of the djbdns port... IMO much easier for people to setup > and deal with than named or bind(which he will eventually evolve to i would > think) > > I agree with you though not many reasons not to run caching server especially > when you consider the work required for the alternative. > > Dave To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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