Configure bind for private home network without top level domain
Andreas Guther
Andreas.Guther at guther.com
Wed Jul 7 12:52:34 UTC 2004
Sorry for the multiple postings. I first did not realize that I need to
subscribe to the list and after I could not see my message for a day or so I
tried it again. In addition my spam filter was putting the postmaster reply
into a unusual slot.
I will post configuration and errors soon.
Andreas
Andreas Guther wrote:
> Hi:
>
> I am trying to figure out how to configure my named.conf and bind to look-up
> local addresses without the need to have a domain registered.
>
> I would like to define a local net that resolves all my local boxes at home.
>
> My idea is to define a zone localdomain.localnet and then have all my boxes
> defined for that zone.
>
> I set-up a localdomain.localnet zone in the named.conf file and then defined the
> boxes in the /var/named/db.localdomain.localnet file. But that seems not to be
> the complete configuration. I do not get the addresses resolved at all that are
> defined in that file.
>
> I can restart named without errors. I tested the zone file with named-checkzone
> and get no errors. I also see that the number of loaded zones has increased.
>
> I tried for find examples for such a set-up but all I find always seems to
> assume that one needs a registered domain.
>
> I would like to achieve a dns server set-up for a local net without the need to
> having a domain registered or maintaining a public name server for such a domain.
>
> Any pointer to examples or what especially needs to be considered would be a
> great help.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Andreas
>
>
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