DNS & WEBSERVER

[Bob McClure Jr]

On Tue, Dec 14, 2004 at 10:15:00PM +0000, tariq samsudeen wrote:
> hi gurus,
> i have few doubts, first let me explain my configuration:
> 
> # im doing everything on a single machine.
> # my domain name is tariq.com (i set the domain name using domainname
> command, my domain name is reset everytime i restart the computer, hw
> do i make it persistent)
> # my host name is ns1 (i set using hostname ns1)...even this get reset
> after restart....i hv added it even in hosts file. hw do i mke it
> persistent
> my host file
> 127.0.0.1 ns1 localhost.localdomain localhost
> # i hv configured dns which is wrking fine...
> my named.conf file is
> 
> zone "tariq.com" {
>     type master;
>     notify no;
>     allow-query { any; };
>     file "tariq.com.zone";
> };
> 
> my zone file luks like...
> @       IN      SOA     ns1.tariq.com. hostmaster.tariq.com. 
> 
> now i cud access the default website in mozilla using
> http://ns1.tariq.com....wht changes shud i mke to access the default
> website using www.tariq.com or someother name.....
> 
> thanking u in anticipation,
> tariq

Change it in /etc/sysconfig/network.  Mine, for instance, looks like:

NETWORKING=yes
HOSTNAME="bobcat.bobcatos.com"
GATEWAY="192.168.2.1"

Cheers,
-- 
Bob McClure, Jr.             Bobcat Open Systems, Inc.
robertmcclure at earthlink.net  http://www.bobcatos.com
Grace happens.