Hi Daniel. On 03/05/2009, Daniel Staal <[email protected]> wrote: > --As of May 3, 2009 11:10:49 AM +0930, David Walker is alleged to have said: > >> Can someone please confirm whether I have this correct: >> /etc/hosts is a list of known machines for quick resolving without >> using external DNS servers or named. >> /etc/resolv.conf is instructions telling lookups whether to use the >> hosts file and what external DNS server to query. Also whether to use >> named. >> /etc/named.conf is the settings for running the local DNS server. > > Bingo: That's just about perfect, I think.
Cool. I was patient when I read the man pages and I proof read (edited) my mail. :] > (And note from that you can both run named and not use it...) Of course. That's a good way for me to turn named on and off when I get stuck. >> I am looking through named.conf(5) and it is reasonably complex (for me). >> Are there any cheap setups that work? >> At the moment this is optional for me (BIND) but I would like to put >> some effort into it. > > I think the 'default' setup works for most uses straight out of the box. > (I haven't checked recently, I'll admit.) The most likely thing you'd have > to change is what interfaces/addresses named will listen on: I've seen some > defaults that would only listen on 127.0.0.1 to the local box. Cheers. > As for having your hostname match what a DNS query returns: It's not > necessary, except for certain uses as an internet-facing server. It's > often nice to have just one name for things, but often the one assigned by > you ISP isn't a great one. Yes. My ISP assigned name is long and a mish mash of IP address ... pppTHIRDOCTET-FOURTHOCTET.static.internode.on.net Still, as I do get confused by some of the name entries in configuration files I might give it a whirl. I might find some leet way to use it. :] > Daniel T. Staal Best wishes. _______________________________________________ Openbsd-newbies mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.theapt.org/listinfo/openbsd-newbies
