John Andersen wrote: > On Thursday 22 February 2007, J Sloan wrote: > >> John Andersen wrote: >> >>> On Thursday 22 February 2007, Carlos E. R. wrote: >>> >>>> The Wednesday 2007-02-21 at 01:12 -0900, John Andersen wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> ... >>>> >>>> >>>>> All the windows machines on the network get their dns set up by dhcp >>>>> from this server, but they still can not resolve entries in hosts. >>>>> >>>> No, they wont. Ever. The hosts file is private to the machine having it. >>>> >>>> Define it in bind files instead. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Cheers, >>>> Carlos E. R. >>>> >>> Yes, but WHERE is this defined in bind, Carlos. >>> >>> Not being a bind wizard, I was asking specifically how I might >>> add a name such as "securitycam" to bind so that windows >>> users can just key that into their web browser without having >>> to know the IP of said camera. >>> >> Perfect opportunity for you to buy the O'Reilly BIND & DNS book and set up >> dns services on linux for your lan. You won't regret the experience. >> >> Joe >> > > Joe, you have a very nice way of saying RTFM ;-) > > I bet you can tell people to go to hell, and have them looking > forward to the trip! >
Perish the thought sir! I was only encouraging you to embrace the wonderful learning experience which I myself undertook not so long ago, and have never for a moment regretted. Such skills will stand you in good stead in many arenas. Indeed, I myself have earned a bit of beer money now and again, puttering with dns setups. Joe -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
