In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Bob Proulx wrote: > For your Debian machine it is very easy with the following commands. > > $ sudo apt-get update > $ sudo apt-get install bind9 > > The default package configuration is a caching nameserver and the > above commands should be all that is needed to set up and configure it > this way.
Hm, it really is that easy. I've got used to this culture that complex packages won't do anything useful until configured so that's why I was reluctant to install bind, thinking it would take up a lot of time and effort. > Check /etc/resolv.conf for nameserver entries and modify or > change the file as needed to say 'nameserver 0.0.0.0' (okay to use > 'nameserver 127.0.0.1' with modern software too). See the wiki page > for general information. I hadn't heard of 0.0.0.0 being used instead of 127.0.0.1. Is that specific to resolv.conf? > I highly recommend the 'resolvconf' package to coordinate the > automated editing of the /etc/resolv.conf file by the various > subsystems such as dhcp, dns, udev scripts, etc. I use static addresses and consider my connection permanent, so I'm probably better off without that. Anyway, it's helped. It seems to take about 5 seconds per message instead of over 10. It probably would have helped more if I didn't decide I might as well install pyzor, razor and dcc :-/. -- TH * http://www.realh.co.uk
