>Hi All,
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>Newbie to Linux... Wanting to become more educated about this operating system and want to setup a simple DNS server. I've looked around, gone to book stores, done whatever reading I could on DNS and all I can come up with is...
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>It allows "www.YourCompany.com" to have the associated IP resolved... duhhh... no kidding? You think we all want to memorize stupid numbers that have no real meaning or ease of remembering for users around the world?
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>Ok, enough sarcasm. Anyhow, under linux, I see things about Host Name, Domain Name, and other things about setting DNS server IPs, but nothing to tie it all together.
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>Does anyone have any relatively easy directions to get this done using Linux (running RedHat 7.2 if that makes it any easier).
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>TIA
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>
>Don

Don,
Why not use the DNS server or your ISP?
In /etc/resolv.conf you can put something like this
nameserver
aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd
eee.fff.ggg.hhh.
where the two IPs are the primary and secondary DNS servers of your ISP?

For a tutorial in how to become a smalltime DNS admin:
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/DNS-HOWTO.html

Here is some more help if you want to become a bigtime admin: :)
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/DNS-HOWTO-5.html

My setup is a CISCO 675 router setup by my ISP to act as a DHCP server and connected to eth0 on my wife's computer/firewall. Here second NIC, eth1, is connected to a passive 4 port ethernet hub. My box connects through my eth0 to the hub, as does my son's. Both boxes have resolv.conf set the way I mentioned above. You can test with a public DNS at 131.107.1.7


JLK

Nebraska Dept of Revenue