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This is exactly what the caching-nameserver-9.0-2mdk.noarch.rpm rpm does on 9.1... install it, start named (service named start) and set /etc/resolv.conf to point to localhost. Mark. > I don't know if this is a question for the newbie or expert list, but > I'll try on this one. > > Currently, I have problems with my ISP DNS servers (they are unreachable > more than half the time). I'd like to build a DNS server on my computer > so I'll be able to use my Internet connection efficiently. To resolve > my problem, this DNS server must forward to a parent DNS (other than my > ISP's... is it possible to use root DNS's as forwarders?) > > I don't have a domain name (I'd like to have a local zone and all other > things going to forwarders). Is my solution possible under Linux (I > know it's possible under M$ LooseDows Server's DNS service.) If it's > possible, where can I find informations about this, or what tool can I > use to define my zones? > > BTW, I'm running Mandrake 9.0 on the machine I'd like to use, and I'll > "upgrade" it to 9.2 as soon as it's stable. > > Thanks for your help and advice. > > +-----------------------------------------------------------+ > > | Albert Charron | > | System Administrator - Trisotech Inc. | > > +-----------------------------------------------------------+ > > | Linux Registered user: 157482 | > | - Registered computers: 164158, 195048, 205791, 205792 | > | www.linuxcounter.org | > > +-----------------------------------------------------------+ > > | E-mail written under Mandrake Linux 9.1 with Mozilla 1.4 | > > +-----------------------------------------------------------+ - -- Mark Watts Senior Systems Engineer QinetiQ TIM St Andrews Road, Malvern GPG Public Key ID: 455420ED -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/XH+kBn4EFUVUIO0RAprKAJ9YOh05PXpR0dMbrO02pdTruKCsBQCgh027 2PP32zj5Lckkwd0GKVcItoU= =xBYo -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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