Date: Mon, 8 Sep 1997 11:39:14 -0500 From: "David Empey" <empey@integral.on.ca> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: DNS and "local host name" Message-ID: <7C7DE4875@integral.on.ca> In-Reply-To: <19970908100756.20253@lemis.com> References: <26F3A33E89@integral.on.ca>; from David Empey on Sun, Sep 07, 1997 at 06:30:35PM -0500
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> > I am getting the following error when I try to make DNS enquiries > > from my system: > > > > Can't find servername for address 127.0.0.1: No response from > > server. > > > > I'm running a cache only DNS and am on the net successfully (I can > > ping using IP numbers). > You still need an entry for localhost. Try this: > > 1. Add the following line to /etc/named.boot > > primary 0.0.127.in-addr.arpa localhost.reverse > > 2. Create a file localhost.reverse in the directory specified in your > named.boot. Put the following into it: > > ; Reverse mapping for localhost domain > ; > ; $Id: localhost.reverse,v 1.1 1997/01/09 14:29:34 grog Exp $ > ; > 0.0.127.in-addr.arpa. IN SOA DNS.MYFQDN. DNS.MYFQDN. ( > 97010901 ; Serial (date, 2 digits version of day) > 86400 ; refresh (1 day) > 7200 ; retry (2 hours) > 604800 ; expire (7 days) > 86400 ) ; minimum (1 day) > IN NS DNS.MYFQDN. > > 0.0.127.in-addr.arpa. IN NS DNS.MYFQDN. > 1.0.0.127.in-addr.arpa. IN PTR localhost.MYFQDN > > > Replace MYFQDN with your fully qualified domain name (would appear to > be integral.on.ca), and DNS with the name of the system running the > name server. Send a sighup to your named, and things should be fine. The entry and file mentioned are both in place to no avail. This all worked on the system before an upgrade to a larger HD (I copied the files in question to a floppy and then to the new system). I'm stumped! ___________________________________________________________ David Empey mailto: empey@integral.on.ca http://www.integral.on.ca/empey/ 604-185 Berkshire Drive, London, Ontario, Canada, N6J 3R6 (519)-474-0296
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