This is not really a BIND question; this mailing list is for BIND questions. RTM. Start with this command:
man 5 interfaces You can use the 'q' key to exit from the manual page. The BIND name server will not read /etc/resolv.conf (which is what that dns-nameserver line refers to), so set it to '::1'. Or whatever makes sense to you. The 'address' line sets the local address for the interface, on the server itself. Good luck. The following may also be of some help: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BIND9ServerHowto Regards, Chris > On Mar 31, 2015, at 11:33 PM, STEPHEN EYRE <sce...@btinternet.com> wrote: > > For educational interest i am setting up an authoritative only DNS server at > home and after a few failures i am starting at the beginning again. > > I am using Bind9 with Ubuntu 14.04 server software. > > Todays question revoles around the /etc/network/interfaces file. > > In the line starting with 'address' i have inserted the internal IP address > of the machine running the bind software. I presume that is correct? > > In the line starting with 'dns-nameserver' i am unsure whether it should be > the same the 'address' as above or whether it should be my static public IP > address. Which should it be? > > Thanks for any assistance you may wish to give > > Stephen Eyre > > Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android > > _______________________________________________ > Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe > from this list > > bind-users mailing list > bind-users@lists.isc.org > https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users _______________________________________________ Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe from this list bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users
