dns and subdomain(some corrections)

[Barry Margolin]

In article <a3ei9n$3e4 at pub3.rc.vix.com>,
gliu <ryuu-gou at mail1.dnet.gr.jp> wrote:
>1. How can not I ping nameserver at internet although i setup the
>root.cache.Is it for the local ip address? Can I do it if I use the true
>internet address(210.220.3.100)?

Maybe there's a firewall blocking your Linux box's DNS queries.

>2. Do I have to use the localhost and 0.0.127.in-addr.arpa as two zones.
>System knows localhost and 127.0.0.1 each others in default.

Yes.  One is the forward zone, the other is the reverse.

>
>3. As using "master" type ,how can the dns server  refresh its database
>by the time ( 
>    1997022700 ; Serial 
>    28800 ; Refresh 
>    14400 ; Retry 
>    3600000 ; Expire 
>    86400 ; Minimum )

Master servers don't refresh automatically, you have to use "rndc reload
s.go.nu".  The refresh time is only used by slave servers.

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