Ed, At 11:28 PM 1/3/02 -0500, you wrote: >On Thursday 03 January 2002 10:51 pm, Julian Opificius wrote: > > Ed, > > > > I understand the /etc/hosts file. But I thought "named" was the guy that > > shared the info in /etc/hosts with client machines making dns requests. Do > > i have it wrong? YES > >Sorry to but in;
you're more than welcome ! >if you are not going to use a local nameserver then every computer must have >an hosts file. Aargh! That's exactly what I'm trying to avoid by running bind! >Windows machines use a \windows\hosts or maybe diff on win2k >If you fill in the hosts file with the ip and names the sysem checks it >first, then if it can't find it it calls on the ISP nameservers. > >so, edit the hosts file for your windows systems and for Linux system. >setup the windows network to use your gateway (10.0.0.1) and isp nameservers. >and your good to go! No thanks, I'll learn bind, on principle. I've never shied away from a bit of hard work ;-> It's not that it wouldn't work, but I'm trying to learn this stuff so I know the big picture and can use it elsewhere. So what you're saying is that the hosts file is used only by the local machine, right? And is NOT used by bind, right? So who is it that will resolve IPs for machine on the LAN? Where would bind get the info from to resolve local requests ? It has to go in a static file somewhere. julian. ========================== >Gerald > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com ============================== Julian A. Opificius. 802 Fawn Road, Elk River, MN 55330. Home: 763.441.1291, Cell: 763.360.5919 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 3268206 ==============================
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