[K12OSN] DNS resolve

[Kevin Verheyen]

my resolve gets form the dhcp server;

Search SCHOOL
nameservers 10.0.0.1

Both are dynamicly assigned.
Could you explain me the formwarding stuff? I'm just starting to use 
Linux servers, but gotta learn fast :-)


Kevin


On 20 Aug 2004, at 02:49, Les Mikesell wrote:

> On Thu, 2004-08-19 at 16:45, Kevin Verheyen wrote:
>> Forgot to mention:
>>
>> 1.this happens extremly in Mozilla.
>
> Are you picking up DNS from dhcp when booting knoppix but
> hand-configuring your k12ltsp?  It sounds like your
> first DNS server entry is wrong or that server is
> down.  What does the /etc/resolv.conf file contain?
>
>> 2. I can't run a DNS on the server, cause there is one running on the
>> network yet :-)
>
> Unlike DHCP, you can have as many DNS servers as you want.  However
> if there is any firewall preventing you from reaching the
> internet root servers directly you need to configure 'forwarders'
> in /etc/named.conf to use your existing servers but keep
> a local cache.
>
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>   Les Mikesell
>     les at futuresource.com
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Kevin Verheyen
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