Date: Mon, 7 Apr 1997 09:25:15 -0700 (PDT) From: Dan Busarow <dan@dpcsys.com> To: dkelly@hiwaay.net Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: unofficial secondary nameserver? Message-ID: <Pine.UW2.3.95.970407083655.3990A-100000@cedb> In-Reply-To: <199704070159.UAA22490@nexgen.hiwaay.net>
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On Sun, 6 Apr 1997 dkelly@hiwaay.net wrote: > What's /etc/resolv.conf for? The ideal solution I'm looking for would be > the ability for my rouge nameserver's IP to be listed once in > /etc/resolv.conf (or similar places on Macintosh and Microsoft platforms) > rather than multiple edits of everyone's /etc/hosts. Once its functional I > have ways other than word of mouth to advertise its existence. If you have people change resolv.conf and/or the nameserver settings on their PCs then, yes, they will use you as a nameserver. You will have to set this server up as primary in order for it to read changes you make to your local zone files. This means that you will have to track the contents of the official zone files manually since those two nameservers won't ever talk to each other. Here's a better way. If the only reason that hosts are missing from the official zone files is that your admin is lazy^H^H^H^H thinks it isn't important, you may be able to get her to delegate a subdomain to you. That way everyone could see you and you would be kept up to date on official changes automatically. The only downside to this would be that instead of addressing a machine like ping joespc people would have to use ping joespc.mysubdomain > I've read it cover to cover. Its put me to sleep many nights. I admit to > not completely understanding what I read. Thats why I asked. Sorry to have > bothered you. Sorry for my tone. Late night. Zones are normally delegated based on departments, geography, network layout etc.. But there is no technical reason why you can't delegate a zone just for convenience. Look at chapter 9 (Parenting) in DNS and BIND and build a case for delegation to present to the admin. Hope this was a little more helpful, Dan -- Dan Busarow 714 443 4172 DPC Systems / Beach.Net dan@dpcsys.com Dana Point, California 83 09 EF 59 E0 11 89 B4 8D 09 DB FD E1 DD 0C 82
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