From owner-freebsd-net Mon Jul 6 23:55:32 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA09586 for freebsd-net-outgoing; Mon, 6 Jul 1998 23:55:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from rgate2.ricochet.net (rgate2.ricochet.net [204.179.143.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA09581 for ; Mon, 6 Jul 1998 23:55:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from boshea@ricochet.net) Received: from atropos.ricochet.net (mg134-023.ricochet.net [204.179.134.23]) by rgate2.ricochet.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA01850 for ; Tue, 7 Jul 1998 01:56:16 -0500 (CDT) Received: (from brian@localhost) by atropos.ricochet.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) id AAA13854 for freebsd-net@freebsd.org; Tue, 7 Jul 1998 00:00:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brian) From: "Brian O'Shea" Message-Id: <199807070700.AAA13854@atropos.ricochet.net> Subject: Re: Strange problem with named as a caching-only name server To: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Tue, 7 Jul 1998 00:00:01 -0700 (PDT) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL32 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org My mistake. I am actually using BIND 4.9.6, not 8.2. Apologies to anyone whom I may have inadvertently led on a wild goose chase with the wrong version number. -brian p.s. My problem has been resolved. Thanks for all the responses! Forwarded message from Bill Fumerola > > You're really on the wrong track here. bind8 uses a [really] different > boot file. in fact it's called named.conf so you really need to get > updated. if you installed from the ports collection, then all the docs are > in /usr/ports/net/bind8/work/doc > > On Sun, 5 Jul 1998, Brian O'Shea wrote: > > > I'm running FreeBSD 2.2.5 with BIND version 8.2 and I am having a little > > difficulty setting up named as a caching-only name server. I can't connect > > > I start named with the following command: > > /usr/sbin/named -b /var/namedb/named.boot > > > > /var/namedb/named.boot: > > ; named.boot - BIND boot file (caching-only for atropos.Ricochet.NET) > > directory /var/namedb > > cache . named.root > > bill fumerola (root/billf)@chc-chimes.com > computer horizons corp - www.computerhorizons.com > ph:(248)641-1500 x107 / bill.fumerola@chc.fabrik.com > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message > -- Brian O'Shea boshea@ricochet.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message