Date: Sun, 18 Jan 1998 09:44:05 -0500 From: Norman C Rice <nrice@emu.sourcee.com> To: Diamler - benz research center india pvt ltd <dbrci@giasbg01.vsnl.net.in> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Named not working Message-ID: <19980118094405.39147@emu.sourcee.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.3.96.980118154033.26585A-100000@giasbg01.vsnl.net.in>; from Diamler - benz research center india pvt ltd on Sun, Jan 18, 1998 at 03:45:45PM %2B0500 References: <Pine.OSF.3.96.980118154033.26585A-100000@giasbg01.vsnl.net.in>
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On Sun, Jan 18, 1998 at 03:45:45PM +0500, Diamler - benz research center india pvt ltd wrote: > Dear Sir/Madam > > I am trying to configure a FreeBSD system as our local mail and Internet > server.Our connection to the Net is through an ISP, to whom we have a > modem connection. How do I configure my name server to pass on all > requests to my ISP ? I have tried adding a "forwarders" line to > named.boot, but it still doesn't seem to be working. I have also > discovered that my inetd.conf file doesn't contain an entry for named. > Could that be a problem ? Is `named' running? If you're running a recent version of FreeBSD (2.2.2+), named is started by enabling it in /etc/rc.conf (/etc/rc.network actually starts it). named_enable="YES" # Run named, the DNS server (or NO). named_flags="-b /etc/namedb/named.boot" # Flags to named (if enabled). There may be some confusion between DNS MX records and mail transfer. Some applications (Netscape, etc.) have their own idea as to where the POP3/SMTP server(s) are located. Could you give an example of what's going awry? > Also, is there a way of changing my default DNS > to point to my ISP ? Have you tried adding your ISP's nameservers to /etc/resolv.conf? Ensure that your ISP's name servers are listed before other name servers. nameserver XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX nameserver YYY.YYY.YYY.YYY. > > Ritwik Bhattacharya > > Daimler Benz Research Centre India Pvt. Ltd. -- Regards, Norman C. Rice, Jr.
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