Date: Sun, 17 May 1998 18:27:28 -0700 From: Studded <Studded@dal.net> To: MP <mlistbsd@icorp.net> Cc: Mark Segal <mark.segal@utoronto.ca>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: too many open files problem Message-ID: <355F8E80.38F9A183@dal.net> References: <3.0.1.32.19980517173244.006a1a24@icorp.net>
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MP wrote:
>
> At 05:30 PM 5/17/98 -0400, Mark Segal wrote:
> >This is a simple fix... by default bind 8.1.x trys to open listen on every
> >ip bound to the machine.. it it will answer a dns query on every ip. This
> >is useless.. because you only need to listen on the localhost, and the ip
> >that is registered with the InterNIC, so the simple fix is, use the
> >listen-on directive in your options section of the named.conf.
> >
> >-- named.conf --
> >options {
> > directory "/etc/namedb";
> > listen-on {127.0.0.1; 204.107.221.20;};
> > // other options here
> >};
>
> I cannot find a named.conf on my system - is this a compile-time option?
> There seems to be no docs on using "listen-on" in the named boot config
> file - that would be the ideal place to put such a parameter.
You are probably using BIND 4.9.6. The feature you're looking for is in
BIND 8.1.2. http://www.isc.org/ for more info.
Doug
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