Trying to setup a new primary BIND DNS

[sysop]

Thanks for the tip but i can't find the file you are talking about.
<pelln at icke-reklam.ipsec.nu.invalid> wrote in message
news:9ihpq4$jk5 at pub3.rc.vix.com...
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> Dan Du Vall <sysop at quadtrax.com> wrote:
> > Ok Here is what i have done since I am totaly screwup with this thing I
have
>
>
> Dan,
>
> You are running a dangerous servive , see the logfile line :
> Jul  8 05:01:18 quadtrax rpc.statd[385]: gethostbyname error for
>
> Deadrat leves this service on, and in addition it has
> a known root-hole.
>
> Do comment it out of /etc/inetd.conf, you could very likley also
> comment out starting of portmapper.
>
> It has nothing to do with DNS but it will keep intruders out.
>
>
>
> Regards
>
> Peter h
> > set the bind server back to a cache server the way it was after
instaling
> > redhat 7. What is the first thing i need to do?
> > "Barry Margolin" <barmar at genuity.net> wrote in message
> > news:9idah2$juo at pub3.rc.vix.com...
> >> In article <9id911$jme at pub3.rc.vix.com>,
> >> Klinkefus, David S <DSKlinkefus at midamerican.com> wrote:
> >> >I agree with Barry, but with a few nslookup's, from here
> >> >it looks like there is no reverse entry (PTR record) for
> >> >ns.quadtrax.net.
> >>
> >> ns.quadtrax.net's address is 216.216.115.27, and the following reverse
> >> entry exists for that address:
> >>
> >> 27.115.216.216.in-addr.arpa. IN PTR  www.quadtrax.com.
> >>
> >> This isn't quite right because www.quadtrax.com is a CNAME record, not
an
> > A
> >> record.  But I doubt that would cause any problems.
> >>
> >> BTW, nothing except the nslookup command even cares if there's a
reverse
> >> entry for a nameserver's address.  And even nslookup doesn't care
whether
> >> the reverse entry points back to the name in the NS record.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Barry Margolin, barmar at genuity.net
> >> Genuity, Burlington, MA
> >> *** DON'T SEND TECHNICAL QUESTIONS DIRECTLY TO ME, post them to
> > newsgroups.
> >> Please DON'T copy followups to me -- I'll assume it wasn't posted to
the
> > group.
> >>
> >>
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> --
> Peter Håkanson
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