Date: Sun, 17 May 1998 17:32:44 -0500 From: MP <mlistbsd@icorp.net> To: "Mark Segal" <mark.segal@utoronto.ca>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: too many open files problem Message-ID: <3.0.1.32.19980517173244.006a1a24@icorp.net> In-Reply-To: <01bd81db$041a5f20$0201010a@elmo>
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At 05:30 PM 5/17/98 -0400, Mark Segal wrote:
>This is a simple fix... by default bind 8.1.x trys to open listen on every
>ip bound to the machine.. it it will answer a dns query on every ip. This
>is useless.. because you only need to listen on the localhost, and the ip
>that is registered with the InterNIC, so the simple fix is, use the
>listen-on directive in your options section of the named.conf.
>
>-- named.conf --
>options {
> directory "/etc/namedb";
> listen-on {127.0.0.1; 204.107.221.20;};
> // other options here
>};
I cannot find a named.conf on my system - is this a compile-time option?
There seems to be no docs on using "listen-on" in the named boot config
file - that would be the ideal place to put such a parameter.
Any suggestions?
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