Hello all, I can see the following in my /var/log/messages when I'm connected to the net : Apr 2 20:20:22 ale pppd[1179]: local IP address 202.79.35.168 Apr 2 20:20:22 ale pppd[1179]: remote IP address 202.79.35.133 Apr 2 20:20:22 ale named[1190]: starting. named 8.1.2 Thu Sep 24 02:47:08 EDT 1998 ^[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/bs/BUILD/src/bin/named Apr 2 20:20:22 ale named[1190]: cache zone "" (IN) loaded (serial 0) Apr 2 20:20:22 ale named[1190]: master zone "0.0.127.in-addr.arpa" (IN) loaded (serial 1997022700) Apr 2 20:20:22 ale named[1190]: master zone "pucampus.edu" (IN) loaded (serial 4006813570) Apr 2 20:20:22 ale named[1190]: listening on [127.0.0.1].53 (lo) Apr 2 20:20:22 ale named[1190]: listening on [202.79.35.168].53 (ppp0) Apr 2 20:20:22 ale named[1190]: Forwarding source address is [0.0.0.0].1289 Apr 2 20:20:22 ale named[1191]: Ready to answer queries. Again as soon as I disconnect, named restarts with new conf file (without root servers zone) and again I see the above message log from restarted named ie it is still listening on lo and ppp0. Isn't ppp0 deactivated when I disconnect ? But where is named getting my dynamic address from and listening on ppp0 even after I disconnect ? I think that's why I'm getting 'sysquery: findns error (NXDOMAIN) on ns.pucampus.edu?' error after I disconnect since there is no ppp0 active. How do I correct this ? Above all, where is named getting my dynamic IP from when I'm already offline and why is it still listening on ppp0? Is it normal ? TIA Bharat ----------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on the LIH mailing list see: http://lists.linux-india.org/lists/LIH
