-- There is no such thing as luck. 'Luck' is nothing but an absence of bad luck.
Glynn Clements wrote: > Kenneth Stephen wrote: > > > On Box B, here is /var/named/root.hints : > > > > \&. 6D IN NS G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET > > \&. 6D IN NS J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET > > [snip] > > There shouldn't be any `\&' at the beginning of the line; it should > read: > > . 6D IN NS G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET > . 6D IN NS J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET > > etc. > Glynn, Thank you! (The printer messed me up. That is what it looks like on my printed copy of the HOWTO). Here are the results now : Nov 16 22:37:35 chief named[7604]: starting. named 8.1.2 Sun Nov 15 23:35:16 CST 1998 ^Iroot@chief:/root/src/bin/named Nov 16 22:37:35 chief named[7604]: cache zone "" (IN) loaded (serial 0) Nov 16 22:37:35 chief named[7604]: master zone "0.0.127.in-addr.arpa" (IN) loaded (serial 1) Nov 16 22:37:35 chief named[7604]: listening on [127.0.0.1].53 (lo) Nov 16 22:37:35 chief named[7604]: listening on [192.168.0.2].53 (eth0) Nov 16 22:37:35 chief named[7604]: Forwarding source address is [127.0.0.1].53 Nov 16 22:37:35 chief named[7605]: Ready to answer queries. [root@chief log]# ping sunsite.unc.edu PING sunsite.unc.edu (152.2.254.81): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 152.2.254.81: icmp_seq=0 ttl=238 time=317.7 ms 64 bytes from 152.2.254.81: icmp_seq=1 ttl=238 time=287.8 ms 64 bytes from 152.2.254.81: icmp_seq=2 ttl=238 time=267.6 ms Note however that the 'Forwading source address' line still states '[127.0.0.1].53' instead of the 0.0.0.0 you said it should state. Why is this happening? Kenneth -- There is no such thing as luck. 'Luck' is nothing but an absence of bad luck.
