On Tue, 2005-02-08 at 09:55 +0000, Imran Javeed wrote: > Good morning all > > Just a quickie which I should know but don't. > > I'm in the process of setting up a dns server,when I stumbled across > this issue in regard to the hostname of the machine. > > If the hostname is server1 and the domain which it is an autoritive > primary dns server is abc.com I assume you mean that server1 is an authoritative primary dns server for abc.com. If I assumed wrong then my answer below won't make proper sense. > What hostname do you assign the machine, > > Is it just server1 with reference in hosts to server1.abc.com > > Is it server1.abc.com in hosts file > > Do you need to place the domain directive in /etc/resolv.conf and just > leave the hostname as it is "server1" in hosts > > Please could someone advise? I think you need to read the bind documentation a bit more, though I do understand that this is a boring task. If you're setting up server1 as a dns server, it can serve its own name (and should) so you don't need to put it in /etc/hosts. If you have order hosts,bind in /etc/resolv.conf then server1 will query the dns server located at its own IP to find out what its name is, and what domain it is part of. So, the answer is don't put server1 in /etc/hosts at all and get your bind setup right. Hope that helps, Seb -- Hypercube Systems Ltd 'Embedded Linux Solutions' 35 Walkley Crescent Road, Sheffield, S6 5BA Tel: 0845 4580277 Web: www.hypercubesystems.co.uk gpg key: http://www.hypercubesystems.co.uk/ssl/seb.gpg.asc
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