FAO: Barry Margolin

[Marc Redmile-Gordon]

Thanks Barry,

That would explain a few "funnies" !

But...
Don't I at least need one entry for their server to get the names of all the
other hosts ?

Or do I have to telnet using their IP address ?

OR, can I use my /etc/hosts file for the "first point of contact" name
translation for the remote sites ... ? ( in conjunction with DNS )

I WISH I knew more !

Best regards,
Marc.



Barry Margolin <barmar at bbnplanet.com> wrote in message
news:lEJU3.16$u3.1118 at burlma1-snr2...
> In article <7vupnc$7ot$1 at soap.pipex.net>,
> Marc Redmile-Gordon <marc at carsplus.co.uk> wrote:
> >named.hosts contains all local hosts, and remote hosts in the same format
> > different network ip's though ) :
>
> Why do you have remote hosts in your named.hosts file?  You should be
> looking up names remote domains by querying their servers.
>
> >
> >hostname        IN A    IPaddress
> >
> >I do not include the domain name here.
>
> For a remote host, does the entry look like:
>
> hostname.otherdomain.com  IN A  address
>
> All names in your named.hosts file will have your local domain appended to
> them, so that's equivalent to:
>
> hostname.otherdomain.com.yourdomain.com.  IN A  address
>
> You can't mix multiple domains in one zone file.  For each domain that you
> want to host on your server, you need to create a separate zone file for
> the names in that domain, with corresponding entries in named.conf.
>
> --
> Barry Margolin, barmar at bbnplanet.com
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