Hi all, Solaris might find it cool not to use DNS at all! You will never notice. You can surfe the internet without DNS if you have a Solaris workstation. If you have NIS, Suns nameservice protocol that replaces both DNS ans /etc/hosts then your workstation might ask a NIS-server only. If that NIS-server runs a bind resolver then this NIS server will lookup all your name queries. A look into /etc/nsswitch.conf and /etc/resolve.conf might help. Regards, Peter and Karin Dambier
--- Ursprüngliche Nachricht --- Von: snort bsd <snortbsd@yahoo.com.au> An: nanog <nanog@merit.edu> Betreff: dns for private domain Datum: Sat, 21 May 2005 13:54:22 +1000 (EST)
Hi All:
Does a DNS have specific reqirements? I imagine it would not need the root cache file since it would go nowhere except own domain.
You absolutely need a root.zone and a root.zone file
To see what a root.zone file looks like download one.
http://www.kokoom.com/iason/iason70.html http://iason.site.voila.fr/iason70.html
show several ways how to get one.
The IASON project may be helpful:
http://www.kokoom.com/iason/ http://iason.site.voila.fr/
I set up a DNS (named it as "lab.com") server in the lab and it seems to be working fine; I can resolve hostnames on my linux box and window box, but on Sun Solaris machine I got "non-exist domain" error. Anything specific for the Solaris' resolver or I need to do some extra on my DNS configuration?
You must enter your nameserver in the root.zone file.
Dont let it be "hint" but make ist "master"
The root.zone is a normal zone like any other. Dont get afraid of that single "."
Whatever is not found will be looked up in the root.zone. There must be a delegation to your existing zone. That is all you need. Seeing a root.zone your solaris will run.
The only real problem comes up when you have workstations that can see the outside. Which are the real root-servers?
TIA
Dave
Regards,
Peter and Karin Dambier Public-Root
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