Running but won't answer?

[Lee Fuller]

Hello Joseph,

Been there.. done that.  Doesn't seem to be the problem.

It's running... has pid.. and everything.  NSLOOKUP's work fine, when on the
box itself.  But when I try to get an answer from it, it simply doesn' t
want to give one, from anywhere else.

I'm THOROUGHLY confused.

Any suggestions?

Thanks..

        Lee


Joseph S D Yao <jsdy at cospo.osis.gov> wrote in message
news:199909091644.MAA23014 at fw1-b.osis.gov...
> > Well, seems I've got 8.2.1 to run, with no errors being reported in the
> > messages log.  But it's not answering to queries... unless I do an
> > "nslookup".. change the server to itself.. and then ask for a host.
> >
> > Anyone from outside the box (not even on the same net) can get an answer
> > from it.  I've not implemented any "listen_on" commands, since they
default
> > to all, on all ports.
> >
> > Something obvious I've missed?  And can anyone feel comfortable enough
to
> > send me a sample "named.conf" (without the zone info, of course.. just
> > looking for directives here.)
>
> The obvious has nothing to do with named.conf.  That configures the
> server, and you are completely done with that.  Now you have to
> configure another part of BIND - the resolver (which is the client to
> the server).  In /etc/resolv.conf, you should have the host's IP
> address listed as a "nameserver".
>
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