Date: Fri, 1 Mar 1996 00:13:05 -0800 From: wes@intele.net To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: forwarded message from Mail Delivery Subsystem Message-ID: <199603010813.AAA06411@obie.softweyr.com>
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Bill, my message to you bounced. I'll send it to freebsd-questions
in the hopes that you see it. Maybe it'll even do someone else
some good. I've answered this question before, but never quite
so exhaustively. ;^)
billdun@clever.net writes:
> Wes,
> Thanks for your help.
> I went out and got the O'Reilly books.
> I am confused about what to put in:
I'll include copies of my configuration files and try to point out
where you might need to change yours. This is from FreeBSD 2.1.0-R.
> resolv.conf
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
domain softweyr.com <- use your domain name
nameserver 204.68.178.1 <- address of your DNS server
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> named.boot
Is found in /etc/namedb/named.boot, as indicated by the sysconfig
entry mentioned later. It contains:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
directory /etc/namedb
; type domain source host/file
primary softweyr.com softweyr.hosts
primary 178.68.204.IN-ADDR.ARPA softweyr.rev
primary 0.0.127.IN-ADDR.ARPA localhost.rev
cache . root.cache
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> sysconfig
I've configured my system to *not* used routed, for the simple reason
that it holds the PPP link "up" once I've established it. I set my
link with a 10-minute timeout, and I want it to drop the link if I'm
not using it, since I have a monthly time limit on my ISP account.
If you have a connection to the internet through a router or another
machine, you should just make that your default router and not run
routed either.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
...
# Set to the host you'd like set as your default router, or NO for none.
defaultrouter="204.68.178.1" <-- put your default router here.
# These are the flags you'd like to start the routing daemon with
# routedflags="-s"
# routedflags="-q"
routedflags="NO"
...
# Set to appropriate flags for named, if you have a full-time
# connection to the Internet.
# For most hosts, flags should be "-b /etc/namedb/named.boot"
namedflags="-b /etc/namedb/named.boot"
#namedflags="NO"
...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> hosts
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
127.0.0.1 localhost.softweyr.com localhost <-- always
204.68.178.1 obie.softweyr.com obie < put your
204.68.178.126 gateway.softweyr.com gateway gw < hosts here
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> host.conf
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
hosts <-- look in /etc/hosts first
bind <-- then consult dns to find host addresses
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> and in namedb directory I don't have the files
> they talk about in the book.
Yes, you need to create these. Here are mine, completely unedited,
this and the O'Reilly book should be enough to get you going. If
you have specific questions, e-mail back. Notice that these files
are mentioned in named.boot above.
softweyr.hosts ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
; Wes Peters; Sat Jan 7 22:59:55 1995
@ IN SOA softweyr.com. wes.softweyr.com. (
960126 ; Serial - date last changed
3600 ; Refresh
300 ; Retry
3600000 ; Expire
3600 ) ; Minimum
IN NS ns.softweyr.com.
localhost IN A 127.0.0.1
obie IN A 204.68.178.1
obie IN HINFO "486dx2/66" "FreeBSD 2.1R"
gateway IN A 204.68.178.126
gateway IN HINFO "386sx/16" "FreeBSD 2.1R"
ns IN CNAME obie
mx IN CNAME obie
gw IN CNAME gateway
obie IN MX 5 mx
gateway IN MX 5 mx
softweyr.com. IN MX 10 mx
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
softweyr.rev ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
; Wes Peters; Fri Sep 30 14:04:24 MDT 1994
@ IN SOA softweyr.com. wes.softweyr.com. (
951227 ; Serial - date last changed
3600 ; Refresh
300 ; Retry
3600000 ; Expire
3600 ) ; Minimum
IN NS obie.softweyr.com.
1 IN PTR obie.softweyr.com.
126 IN PTR gateway.softweyr.com.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
localhost.rev ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
; Wes Peters; Fri Sep 30 14:04:24 MDT 1994
@ IN SOA softweyr.com. wes.softweyr.com. (
940930 ; Serial - date last changed
3600 ; Refresh
300 ; Retry
3600000 ; Expire
3600 ) ; Minimum
IN NS obie.softweyr.com.
1 IN PTR localhost.softweyr.com.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> I just want to set up the domain name service
> and function as a webserver.
> It seems I have complicated this seemingly simple task.
It's only simple if you've done it before. ;^) You should be able to
hack my files into something useful for you in a few minutes.
> I'll be working this evening until about 11:00 pm
> at 1-800-875-9757.
> Thanks for helping me out of this BIND.
Sorry I've responded so late, I don't usually read my mail on this
account during the day. Good luck.
--
Wes Peters | Yes I am a pirate, two hundred years too late
Softweyr | The cannons don't thunder, there's nothing to plunder
Consulting | I'm an over forty victim of fate...
wes@intele.net | Jimmy Buffett
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