Hi Chadley,
On Thursday, August 03, 2000, 8:58:46 AM, you hammered out in part about "[expert] Dns
bind named":
cw> is there a step by step guide with examples all the way and not
cw> just how a network pieces together. please I have read the nag and
cw> it keeps saying that we will see and do and we never do so maybe
cw> some who already knows how can please tell me what must be running
cw> and how to configure it.
What you are asking above and below, took me about 3 or 4 days of
classes at a major university. It is not that difficult, but there are
many things to do and check. I do not know of any specific guide, let
alone examples, but if you have access to classes, it will save you a
lot of frustration.
Really what you are asking, is what consultants get paid for. That
is to set a network configuration and web server in a corporate
environment. Maybe O'Reilly will have some all encompassing guides
for this.
You must have DNS which is nothing more than name and IP resolution
for all your boxes.
For outside use, you need IP protocol configuration. There are 4
settings.
IP address - IP address assigned to the computer
Network mask - mask that specifies the network address
Gateway - IP address of the computer / router that relays data to the
internet.
DNS server - The IP address of a computer that will do IP and name
resolution.
Now based upon this info, you need to setup your defaults, etc. For
example, want to change you default gateway, ifconfig could be used to
change IP temporarily and sysconfig for permanent changes.
Do you want telnet? Then you have to add or comment it out (for
security reasons, as the world can telnet into your box) in
/etc/inetd.conf
you can start, stop, restart network services by
/cd/etc/rc.d/init.d; network stop or network start, or network
restart.
There are so many things you can do and need to configure, and this is
only the beginning.
cw> My mission is to host my own local as well as externally available
cw> web site running a mirror of the existing web site local for the
cw> company. all that we have for now is a proxy server connected
cw> 24hrs daily to netactive. I will be putting a 2nd box next to it
cw> running as a web and mail server for the company however. I am
cw> first doing the test page and it is accessible on the whole
cw> network but only by ip no not by name. I ran nslookup and I get
cw> this:
Ah yes, the web server ..
find out if it is running first by typing ps aux |grep httpd
to start, stop, status ./httpd stop or start, or status.
to configure it use your favorite editor and type
vi (or exmacs, or whatever) /home/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
Then test it
Going to the outside? The config file for the domain name server is
/etc/named.conf which will configure BIND. The IP address of a named
sever must be provided, and this can be edited in the /etc/resolv.conf
file.
This is just a start.
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Best regards,
Gary
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