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Subject: Re: caching nameserver not working?
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Howdy,

Not sure if this'll help, but it appears that your named.conf is looking
for named.cache, but you mentioned you're trying to use named.root.
Perhaps changing the config file to look for /etc/namedb/named.root will
help?

  -Mike

On Tue, 5 Mar 2002, Marty Poulin wrote:

>
>
> Here's a copy of my named.conf file:
>
> acl slaves {
>         123.123.123.124;
>         };
> options {
>         directory "/etc/namedb";
>         pid-file "/var/named/named.pid";
>         allow-transfer { slaves; };
> };
>
> # type domain source host/file backup file
>
> zone "." {
>         type hint;
>         file "/etc/namedb/named.cache";
> };
>
> zone "mydomain.com" {
>         type master;
>         file "db.mydomain.com";
>         notify yes;
>         also-notify { 123.123.123.124; };
> };
>
>
> The named.root file is the one included with FreeBSD; I have tried
> downloading a new copy with "dig @a.root-servers.net . ns > named.root"
> with no luck.
>
> I must be missing something - can anyone give me a hand?
>
> (please copy me by email - I'm not subscribed to the list)
>
> Thanks,
>
> M.
>
>
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