On Wed, 20 Mar 2002 21:14:34 +0530
USM Bish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> On Tue, Mar 19, 2002 at 10:17:03PM +0530, K.Ghosh wrote:
>>
>> rp3 is the Red Hat PPP dialer for use within X.
>>
>Thanks for this info ... yet another frontend to wvdial :-)
>>
>> wvdial.conf is created when rp3 is configured. I checked up by
>> deleting wvdial.conf. It was freshly created after I reconfig-
>> ured rp3.
>>
>Then surely it would have asked for ISP details and the DNS nos ..
>>
>> I did the reverse today, started up X, started rp3 and logged on
>> to internet. Then opened a terminal and tried mutt. mutt logged
>> on to my specified site yahoo and downloaded my e-mail.
>>
>> So, the DNS part is being taken care by rp3, logging on is through
>> wvdial. That is why it did not work with wvdial alone.
>>
>> Therefore, I do need to configure DNS for using internet outside X.
>> Is my reasoning correct?
>>
> If rp3 is merely a frontend, typing in wvdial from the command line
> would also get you on the net. This file /etc/resolv.conf is needed
> by chat scripts as well. This can be manually set, instead of get-
> ting into bad habits of depending on some tool for admining jobs.
>
>>
>> Now, how does rp3 manage DNS configuration? How to do likewise?
>>
> I do not know of rp3. For manual config, DNS-Howto and PPP-Howto
> maybe a starting point (perhaps a bit confusing initially though).
> You may need to do some RTFM.
> HTH
> Bish
I am using RHL7.2 and tried to setup DNS on my box. I have installed
bind, bind-utils & bindconf. I followed the DNS-HowTo and created the
files -
/etc/named.conf
/var/named/pz/127.0.0
/var/named/root.hints
/etc/resolv.conf
Then I came to starting named and got stuck. There is no file called ndc
or ndc start under /usr/sbin.
I remember doing this for RHL6.0 and did not face any problems. Is there
something different for 7.2?
Thanks,
K.Ghosh.
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