New to BIND

[Barry Margolin]

In article <cflsa3$1tsl$1 at sf1.isc.org>, Jason Gurtz <jason at tommyk.com> 
wrote:

> On 8/14/2004 06:15, George Esperanza wrote:
> 
> >>Aug 14 17:33:15 amygpe named[512]: zone homelinux.net/IN: loaded serial 
> >>2004081400
> >>Aug 14 17:33:15 amygpe named[512]: running
> 
> Thais pretty much tells you that there is nothing at all wrong with your
> BIND configuration.
> 
> > When i try to ping:
> > ping amygpe.homelinux.net   
> > (it says) ping: unknown host amygpe.homelinux.net
> >  
> > Please tell me what's wrong with my configuration
> 
> My hunch is that your BIND server is not listed in /etc/resolv.conf

He posted his resolv.conf in the original message.  I'm pretty sure it 
had "nameserver 127.0.0.1" in it.

Maybe his /etc/nsswitch.conf doesn't include "dns" for host lookups.

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Barry Margolin, barmar at alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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