> I just want to setup a local Naming server using Bind or whatever....
> ie.. In my network i need to ping the Linux box using name / call the
> local webserver using name instead of IP
>
> 1. I have installed bind and configured named.conf
> 2. I have copied localhost.zone to forward.com and modified below
>
> lin.com (my domain name) IN NS ns.lin.com
>
> lin.com. IN A 10.36.51.122
> ns.lin.com. IN A 10.36.51.122
> www.lin.com IN A 10.36.51.122
Look at the very beginning of your localhost.zone file. It contains
something like
$TTL 604800
@ IN SOA localhost. root.localhost. (
1 ; Serial
604800 ; Refresh
86400 ; Retry
<snip>
In your new forward.com file, have you changed the entry for start of
authority(SOA) from 'localhost.' to 'lin.com.' and 'root.localhost.' to
'root.lin.com.'? <--- Don't miss the terminating dot in the domain
name.
>
> and in my named.conf
>
> zone "lin.com" IN {
> type master;
> file "forward.com"
> };
Seems okay for a working name server.
> But when I ping my PC using name (test.lin.com) reply comes from
> localhost.... WHY???
First of all, test.lin.com is not mentioned in the configuration segment
posted by you. Also don't use ping for DNS testing. Use dig, host or
nslookup commands. See respective manual or info pages for usage
details.
Raghu
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