Re: [expert] DNS server

2003-09-08 Thread Mark Watts
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 This is exactly what the caching-nameserver-9.0-2mdk.noarch.rpm rpm does on 9.1... install it, start named (service named start) and set /etc/resolv.conf to point to localhost. Mark. I don't know if this is a question for the newbie or expert

Re: [expert] DNS server

2003-09-04 Thread Joerg Mertin
Hi Albert, what you're trying to do is having a caching Name-Server. Check the Howto's as other mentioned in here to see how to set these up. Cheers Joerg On Thursday 04 September 2003 02:59, Albert Charron wrote: I don't know if this is a question for the newbie or expert list, but

Re: [expert] DNS server

2003-09-04 Thread KevinO
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Albert Charron wrote: I don't know if this is a question for the newbie or expert list, but I'll try on this one. Currently, I have problems with my ISP DNS servers (they are unreachable more than half the time). I'd like to build a DNS server

[expert] DNS server

2003-09-03 Thread Albert Charron
I don't know if this is a question for the newbie or expert list, but I'll try on this one. Currently, I have problems with my ISP DNS servers (they are unreachable more than half the time). I'd like to build a DNS server on my computer so I'll be able to use my Internet connection

Re: [expert] DNS server

2003-09-03 Thread Jack Coates
On Wed, 2003-09-03 at 17:59, Albert Charron wrote: I don't know if this is a question for the newbie or expert list, but I'll try on this one. Currently, I have problems with my ISP DNS servers (they are unreachable more than half the time). I'd like to build a DNS server on my computer

Re: [expert] DNS server

2003-09-03 Thread Mark
On Wed, 3 Sep 2003, Albert Charron wrote: I don't know if this is a question for the newbie or expert list, but I'll try on this one. Currently, I have problems with my ISP DNS servers (they are unreachable more than half the time). I'd like to build a DNS server on my computer so I'll

Re: [expert] DNS server

2000-11-03 Thread Roel Schroeven
We use the "hosts" file, not "lmhosts" in our LAN. That'll work, but when using Windows UNC-style names, the lmhosts file is looked at first--if present. If Windows can't find it, it tries the hosts file for an FQDN-style name as a substitute (even if the dots don't exist in the name).

Re: [expert] DNS server

2000-11-03 Thread Greg Stewart
I should have finished reading the thread before writing the first response... FTP is *not* an SMB protocol and has nothing to do with Samba nor Lan Manager Actually, although functional only over IP, neither is FTP a TCP/IP protocol--it is it's own protocol, and relies on name resolution

Re: [expert] DNS server

2000-11-02 Thread Alexander Skwar
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Re: [expert] DNS server

2000-11-02 Thread Ron Johnson, Jr.
We use the "hosts" file, not "lmhosts" in our LAN. Also, use Windows Explorer Tools|Find|"Files or Folders" to find "hosts", since w98 NT4 put it in different places. Ron Greg Stewart wrote: I think that I have to config the DNS server in order to use the FTP software I don't quite

Re: [expert] DNS server

2000-11-02 Thread Charles Curley
On Thu, Nov 02, 2000 at 10:02:42AM -0600, Ron Johnson, Jr. wrote: We use the "hosts" file, not "lmhosts" in our LAN. Right. lmhosts is a microsoftism. It is used for SMB name resolution. The "lm" comes from "Lan Manager", IBM's name for the protocol when they first came up with it. You will

Re: [expert] DNS server

2000-11-02 Thread Ron Johnson, Jr.
Vu said he wanted to use FTP. FTP is *not* an SMB protocol and has nothing to do with Samba nor Lan Manager. Therefore, he needs hosts, not lmhosts. Ron Charles Curley wrote: On Thu, Nov 02, 2000 at 10:02:42AM -0600, Ron Johnson, Jr. wrote: We use the "hosts" file, not "lmhosts" in our

Re: [expert] DNS server

2000-11-02 Thread Greg Stewart
We use the "hosts" file, not "lmhosts" in our LAN. That'll work, but when using Windows UNC-style names, the lmhosts file is looked at first--if present. If Windows can't find it, it tries the hosts file for an FQDN-style name as a substitute (even if the dots don't exist in the name).

[expert] DNS server

2000-11-01 Thread Vu Nguyen
Hi I want to use WinFTP from one of the windows machine to access to the Linux 7.1 machine (both of them in one local network, I can ping from one to the other by the IP address because it does not understand by the name). I think that I have to config the DNS server in order to use the FTP

Re: [expert] DNS server

2000-11-01 Thread Greg Stewart
I think that I have to config the DNS server in order to use the FTP software I don't quite understand why you'd need to configure a DNS server to use an ftp client on a local LAN. Do you mean that you want to be able to type ftp \\mylinuxbox and connect to the linux box without having to type

[expert] DNS Server etc - Help w/ Setup

2000-05-25 Thread Sevatio Octavio
I'm trying to setup and better understand DNS Servers. This way I can get my IP to point to my Domain name. What's involved here? Would I have to register my DNS Server with Internic? Can the primary and secondary DNS Servers run from one PC? Seve

Re: [expert] DNS Server etc - Help w/ Setup

2000-05-25 Thread Bug Hunter
On Thu, 25 May 2000, Sevatio Octavio wrote: I'm trying to setup and better understand DNS Servers. This way I can get my IP to point to my Domain name. What's involved here? install bind. get the O'Reilley book on Bind. configure it. point to yourself as a name server. test it.