Hello Frank, Where are you getting this info??
And why would someone not want to use forwarding? You made the comment that forwarding isn't reccomended but don't say why. I have a forwarding cache setup right now and it works like a charm. It talks to one up stream dns server at the isp and works fine. But in my case I think this is just forwarding the client dns request's like normal. Maybe your talking about TinyDns?? NO..?? I'm a little confused here. :P I installed "djbdns" strictly for the ability to act as a caching server as well as a dns forwarding agent that the other pc's point to when making dns requests. I followed this doc and this works exactly as I envisioned wanting it too.... http://cr.yp.to/djbdns/run-cache-x-home.html The only things that I have found different from whats on this doc is the fact that when I emerged "djbdns" or "daemontools" it created the following accounts for me transparently which was a little confusing at first because the doc want's you to creat "Gdnscache" and "Gdnslog" accounts. So I just skipped that part. dnscache:x:1001:200::/nonexistent:/bin/false dnslog:x:1002:200::/nonexistent:/bin/false tinydns:x:1003:200::/nonexistent:/bin/false The other thing that I found was that "svscan" wasn't running so the "supervise" service would never start. Once I "/etc/init.d/svscan start" everything started working like a charm. When I rebooted "svscan" didn't start at boot which I find a little strange so I guess I need to add this to the default runlevel with the "rc-update add svscan default". Sorry for the rant. Just thought it's important to put the info out there. To Mike Williams, You said that I need TinyDns configured to achieve dns caching and forwarding. This is totally untrue. If you're unsure of an answer to a question please don't post to a list given them info that is not correct. This isn't good practice. If you think you know the answer to a persons question but actually don't know for sure, then kindly please say so. This way the person will know to either research more or take your word as gospel. Heh.. Heh.. Thanks, Joshua Banks --- Frank Tegtmeyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andrei Ivanov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > What are those requirements ? > > From the fwdzone-patch: > > + * The FORWARDONLY environment variable doesn't work anymore. By default, > +dnscache performs only iterative queries, like in pre-1.03 versions. > + > + * Configure the root/servers directory of dnscache : > + echo dns.server > my.iterative.zone > + > + echo dns.cache > my.recursive.zone > + chmod +t my.recursive.zone > + > + If my.zone has the sticky bit set, dnscache will perform recursive queries > +for the zone : my.zone must contain a list of DNS caches to whom dnscache > +will forward the queries. > + If my.zone has the sticky bit cleared, dnscache will perform iterative > +queries for the zone : my.zone must contains a list of appropriate DNS > +servers. > + > + If @ has the sticky bit set, dnscache will forward any queries it cannot > +find a preconfigured zone for. This is most useful behind a firewall with > +a split-DNS configuration. > > Regards, Frank > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Exclusive Video Premiere - Britney Spears http://launch.yahoo.com/promos/britneyspears/ -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
