On Sat, 10 Dec 2005 10:42:22 +1030 Shawn Haggett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> michael higgins wrote: > > >Hello, all. Need a clue, here. > > > >I've found that it'll often takes longer to get DNS resolution than content > >over my connection, so I thought a caching DNS server the way to go. With > >that in mind, I installed BIND. > > > >I couldn't find anything like a quickie Gentoo example of this minimal use > >of the application, so on starting /etc/init.d/named, there was first an > >error about a missing /etc/bind/named.conf. > > > >I Googled around a bit and found something to start with, watched the syslog > >messages and tweaked it, finally managing to get named to run. The problem > >is, I'm still not convinced that I've got it set up correctly. From what I > >understand (right or wrong, IDK), I should only have to look up something > >once, then that info is available locally until I reboot. Or, like that... > > > > > Check your /etc/resolv.conf file. Make sure it lists your local machine > as a nameserver. Otherwise your system will ignore it and just use > whatever sever is listed in there. Also be careful, if you use DHCP on a > network or anything, it might be rewriting the resolv.conf file to have > the nameserver entries that are gotten from DHCP. Okay. I don't use DHCP. I edited /etc/resolv.conf to take out the ISP nameservers and put 'localhost' in their place. Do I need to restart something to make this change take effect? > > What sort of set-up is this? Is this a single machine by itself > connected to the internet, Just a single machine behind a router/firewall to DSL. > or is this part of a network? If it's part of > a network, do you want it to also cache all the queries for other > clients on the network? > Just for this box. -- |\ /| | | ~ ~ | \/ | |---| `|` ? | |ichael | |iggins \^ / michael_higgins[at]iinet[dot]com -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
