resolv.conf

Kilamon · Rated XXX Joined: 22 Mar 2005 Posts: 811

K, so it's been a few years since I had to mod a linux box to enable DNS. Someone remind me? I got the resolv.conf file straightened out, I think, but the line that deals with DNS in hosts.conf is beyond my capacity to remember at this moment (It's sad that I can honestly say I've forgotten more about computers than some people will ever learn). Would someone mind posting their hosts.conf line for DNS? I think it's like "order hosts,server,file" or something.

IceNine · Posted: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 18:00:20 Post Subject:

This is my /etc/host.conf:

Kilamon · Rated XXX Joined: 22 Mar 2005 Posts: 811

So when you do nslookup, what does it show? Mine gives me the server ip, sans name and a #53 at the end of the IP. I've never seen this behaviour before.

IceNine · Posted: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 18:36:09 Post Subject:

I believe it shows the #53 as it is the standard DNS port number. This is probably a fairly new behavior.

Kilamon · Rated XXX Joined: 22 Mar 2005 Posts: 811

That's messed up then. My response is...

IceNine · Posted: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 18:50:50 Post Subject:

What distro? What is your gateway compared to the others?

Kilamon · Rated XXX Joined: 22 Mar 2005 Posts: 811

Hah! Your questions made me realize that my default route is FUBAR. Now to fix that... Bang Head

Thanks!

IceNine · Posted: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 19:00:58 Post Subject:

Glad I could be of service...