how to get bind to look at the root servers

[Kevin Darcy]

Configure a hints file which contains the names and addresses of the Internet
root nameservers.


- Kevin

Hayden Wimmer wrote:

> i have a dns server running on redhat 7.0
> i am running bind 8.2.3
>
> the domain that is being hosted by my server (venus) will lookup and ping
> any of the ip/hosts
> that it is hosting..however, when i do this
>
> nslookup www.someothersdomain.com it says that
>
> www.someotherdomain.com
> host unreachable
>
> i can ping the ip address directly
>
> i am not sure how this works...
> what if i have a mail server using my dns server...how will it find the
> outside world???
>
> i thought that if my server didnt know how to find the address it would go
> out and ask a root server?
>
> i am not sure what to do to make this box work as a production dns server
> when i cant lookup domains that
> it isnt hosting.
>
> please help
>
> hayden