Date: Tue, 9 Sep 1997 08:09:13 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: empey@integral.on.ca Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DNS and "local host name" Message-ID: <19970909080913.01841@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <7C7DE4875@integral.on.ca>; from David Empey on Mon, Sep 08, 1997 at 11:39:14AM -0500 References: <26F3A33E89@integral.on.ca>; <19970908100756.20253@lemis.com> <7C7DE4875@integral.on.ca>
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On Mon, Sep 08, 1997 at 11:39:14AM -0500, David Empey wrote: >>> I am getting the following error when I try to make DNS enquiries >>> from my system: >>> >>> Can't find servername for address 127.0.0.1: No response from >>> server. >>> >>> I'm running a cache only DNS and am on the net successfully (I can >>> ping using IP numbers). > > >> You still need an entry for localhost. Try this: >> >> 1. Add the following line to /etc/named.boot >> >> primary 0.0.127.in-addr.arpa localhost.reverse >> >> 2. Create a file localhost.reverse in the directory specified in your >> named.boot. Put the following into it: >> >> ; Reverse mapping for localhost domain >> ; >> ; $Id: localhost.reverse,v 1.1 1997/01/09 14:29:34 grog Exp $ >> ; >> 0.0.127.in-addr.arpa. IN SOA DNS.MYFQDN. DNS.MYFQDN. ( >> 97010901 ; Serial (date, 2 digits version of day) >> 86400 ; refresh (1 day) >> 7200 ; retry (2 hours) >> 604800 ; expire (7 days) >> 86400 ) ; minimum (1 day) >> IN NS DNS.MYFQDN. >> >> 0.0.127.in-addr.arpa. IN NS DNS.MYFQDN. >> 1.0.0.127.in-addr.arpa. IN PTR localhost.MYFQDN >> >> >> Replace MYFQDN with your fully qualified domain name (would appear to >> be integral.on.ca), and DNS with the name of the system running the >> name server. Send a sighup to your named, and things should be fine. > > The entry and file mentioned are both in place to no avail. This all > worked on the system before an upgrade to a larger HD (I copied the > files in question to a floppy and then to the new system). I'm > stumped! What does your routing table look like? It should look something like: $ netstat -rn Routing tables Internet: Destination Gateway Flags Refs Use Netif Expire default 139.130.136.129 UGSc 61 3683 tun0 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 UH 0 556 lo0 139.130.136.129 139.130.136.133 UH 60 0 tun0 192.109.197.134 0:0:c0:44:a5:68 UHLW 10 155660 ep0 790 192.109.197.137 0:a0:24:37:d:2b UHLW 2 9664 lo0 Note particularly the entry for 127.0.0.1. If it's not there, do: # ifconfig lo0 127.0.0.1 That's not the end of it; let me know if that was the problem first. Greg
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