Date: Sun, 02 Sep 2001 23:30:29 -0500 (CDT) From: Don Read <dread@texas.net> To: Tony <tony@idk.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: how to specifiy nameserver Message-ID: <XFMail.20010902233029.dread@texas.net> In-Reply-To: <200109030317.UAA00713@idk.com>
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On 03-Sep-2001 Tony wrote: <snip> >> >> >> > >> >You missed it, I said "any other book I have". Unlike some people who can >> >afford to run out and spend $50 (or whatever) or a book, read it, find all >> >the answers; I cannot do that. >> > >> > > This is not a LAME excuse as you state. When one if disabled, not working, > every $ counts. I have great trouble reading and remembering what I read 5 > pages ago. > > This kind of point to book, book page number, man pag is somewhat useful, (Caution, These will be well over 5 pages) man -k dns named http://www.google.com/search?q=dns+named http://www.isc.org/products/BIND/ http://www.bind.com/ (strange, but true.) > but it would also be useful to answer the question. > Write your named.conf, write your zone file(s), and reverse file(s). fire-up named, run a bit, dump & check for errors. > > And if something "read" is not understood, when then? Since it is then a > loop with being referred back to the book. > You don't understand what you "read" ?? > I have been using/configuring/etc name servers since 1994, just never did it > a Unix system and pointed it to someplace else. I guess I should not ask > "how to" questions on this list that are too narrow .. tons of NATD, > install, questions get answers (they also get pointed to man pages, books, > etc). > You may have been using name servers since then, but now you're actually trying to configuring one. Do yourself (& the world) a favor: buy, borrow, steal the grasshopper book. Regards, -- Don Read dread@texas.net -- It's always darkest before the dawn. So if you are going to steal the neighbor's newspaper, that's the time to do it. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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