From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Jul 24 09:20:34 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id JAA27531 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 24 Jul 1996 09:20:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ntserv.webleicester.co.uk (ntserv.webleicester.co.uk [206.249.75.2]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id JAA27526 for ; Wed, 24 Jul 1996 09:20:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lansys41.webleicester.co.uk by ntserv.webleicester.co.uk (NTMail 3.02.07) with ESMTP id ta019649 for ; Wed, 24 Jul 1996 17:20:17 +0100 Received: from LANSYS41/SpoolDir by lansys41.webleicester.co.uk (Mercury 1.21); 24 Jul 96 17:12:20 +0000 Received: from SpoolDir by LANSYS41 (Mercury 1.22-b2); 24 Jul 96 17:12:11 +0000 From: "Phil E Taylor" Organization: Lan Systems To: "K.V.S. Sankaram" Date: Wed, 24 Jul 1996 17:12:09 GMT Subject: Re: "named" daemon Reply-to: phil@lansystems.co.uk CC: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Priority: normal X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v2.42) Message-ID: <4841C9C1EFF@lansys41.webleicester.co.uk> X-Info: The Web Factory (Leicester) Electronic Mail System Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk (not really a hackers issue is it ? usenet seems more appropriate.) named does not run by default, you need to tell it to run in sysconfig (as you appear to have done) and then create zone files to reflect your domain, if these files are not there then there could be an additional delay if telnet/ftp etc are trying to use a local (not setup) nameserver. Although I have never tried to run named without zone files !!! There are varions documents on the WWW regarding the correct syntax for zone files so I won't go into that here. If you are not running a LOCAL nameserver you just need an /etc/resolv.conf file containing the IP address of a functioning nameserver. > > * The "named" domain was not configured initially on my FREEBSD > machine. > > * After I configured it to run, by making changes in the > "/etc/sysconfig" file, commands like "arp -a", "netstat -r", "telnet", & "ftp" > are taking a lot of time to get executed. However, the "ifconfig -a" command > is getting executed immediately, as usual. I have not tested other network > related commands. So, I cannot say how they are getting executed, after > configuring "named". > > What is the reason for this change ? > > -- K.V.S. Sankaram > > > Phil Taylor Business : phil@lansystems.co.uk Personal : phil@taylor.org.uk LAN Systems - LAN/WAN Specialists Tel: (Direct Line) +44 (116) 223 0033 (Main Number) +44 (116) 255 9961 (Facsimile) +44 (116) 255 8861 150 London Road, Leicester, ENGLAND. LE2 1ND