From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Mar 13 10:38:20 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA17287 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 13 Mar 1998 10:38:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from horton.iaces.com (horton.iaces.com [204.147.87.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA17271 for ; Fri, 13 Mar 1998 10:38:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from proot@horton.iaces.com) Received: (from proot@localhost) by horton.iaces.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) id MAA25363; Fri, 13 Mar 1998 12:36:24 -0600 (CST) From: "Paul T. Root" Message-Id: <199803131836.MAA25363@horton.iaces.com> Subject: Re: named question To: tom@tomqnx.com (Tom Torrance at home) Date: Fri, 13 Mar 1998 12:36:24 -0600 (CST) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: from Tom Torrance at home at "Mar 13, 98 12:59:56 pm" X-Organization: USWEST !nterprise Networking - ACES X-Phone: (612) 664-3385 X-Fax: (612) 664-4779 X-Page: (800) SKY-PAGE PIN: 537-7270 X-Address: 600 Stinson Blvd, Fl 1S X-Address: Minneapolis, MN 55413 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL22 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In a previous message, Tom Torrance at home said: > Pardon my ignorance, but... > > How can I force named to look up my domain "tomqnx.com" before it checks "com". > My named thinks it is authoratative, but the rest of the internet does not > agree - I am behind a demand-dial ijppp connection. I particularly want > to block names like "mail" to be resolved locally, rather than forcing > a dial-up connection to do the DNS thing. > > Please respond via e-mail, as I am not subscribed to "questions". > > Thanks in advance! > > Tom > Sounds like a resolv.conf problem. make sure it's correct: domain tomqnx.com nameserver x.x.x.x nameserver y.y.y.y Use nslookup, dig or host (or whatever) to see what named is thinking. If that's ok. Then run tcpdump on the interface and see what's going out. That will provide a valuable clue. -- "Possibly the finest science fiction novel I have ever read." Robert A. Heinlein To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message