configuring localhost as a dns server w/ linux

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hi Rick,
        you still need to tell it what dns servers it will be 
cahing info from.. ie. the dns servers of your isp. otherwise 
it will not know where to cahe from:
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At 08:31 PM 8/5/99 -0700, Rick Peniak wrote:
>Hi All,
>
>I would like to configure my machine as a caching-only dns server. I went
>through section 3 of the dns howto and it doesn't work. I have 'nameserver
>127.0.0.1' as the only entry in my /etc/resolv.conf file, I have named
running,
>and all files in the /var/named directory (root.hins, pz/127.0.0).
>
>I have a classic ppp dial-up connection to my isp. I want to do this for the
>sake of knowledge so that I can have my machine cache dns queries for
(maybe or
>maybe not) faster lookups.
>
>If anyone can help, I would greatly appreciate it.
>
>Thank you.
>
>
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