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From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Greg=20Quinlan?= <gwq_uk@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: Problem with DNS
To: Ben Smithurst <ben@scientia.demon.co.uk>
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THANKS BEN....

PROBLEM FIXED!

Somehow I had forgotten to list the 'lo0' interface in
the interface list 'network_interfaces=' .... 

Thanks

Greg

--- Ben Smithurst <ben@scientia.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> Greg Quinlan wrote:
> 
> > I have a problem with a particuler server that is
> > acting as a backup DNS.
> > 
> > It will not respond to queries on the loop back ip
> > address of "127.0.0.1"
> > 
> > It is completely a backup DNS, with no "master"
> > domains except the zone "0.0.127.in-addr.arpa" ..
> > 
> > The /etc/resolv.conf :
> > 
> > nameserver 127.0.0.1
> > domain mydomain.com
> > 
> > But when I change the IP address in this file from
> > "127.0.0.1" to "10.1.1.1" (the local IP for a NIC)
> DNS
> > works perfectly.
> 
> Look in the log files, perhaps named couldn't bind
> to 127.0.0.1 on
> 53/udp for some reason.  What does
> 
> 	$ netstat -an | grep '\.53'
> 
> show?  You should see something like this:
> 
> tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1.53          *.*       
>            LISTEN
> tcp        0      0 192.168.91.34.53      *.*       
>            LISTEN
> udp        0      0 127.0.0.1.53          *.*       
>            
> udp        0      0 192.168.91.34.53      *.*       
>            
> 
> I assume everything else works ok via the loopback
> address?
> 
> -- 
> Ben Smithurst / ben@scientia.demon.co.uk / PGP:
> 0x99392F7D
> 

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