Hi I'm attempting to build an intranet server. I have spent a lot of time reading through books and looking at threads with no success. My aims for this thread are as follows:

-> Map a domain to and internal IP

e.g.
192.168.5.# intra.mydomain.net

-> Configure an XP machine to use my debian box to resolve domains

As a result, connecting my XP machine via a web browser to intra.mydomain.net, will resolve to this IP (192.168.5.#) and the web server will return a html document.

Apache server is up and running happily.

Things I have tried:

I have tried to accomplish this through the host file, with no success
I have tried to configure my reslov.conf file but not sure if that is the way to do it.

Can someone direct me to the best possible way of accomplishing this task please.

Thanks in advance

If you edit the resolv.conf, that will not affect the Windows-box, of course.

You can edit the XP machine's host-file, or you can set up a DNS-server, and set the XP machine to use the Debian-box as the primary DNS-server.

If there is only one XP machine, the easiest way is to edit Windows' host file. I don't know where it is, search for "host". It should be somewhere in C:\Windows

You will understand the file easily when you open it.

what is 192.168.5.# meant to mean?? this doesn't fit in with any standard networking practises... You don't necessarily link a subnet with a domain... it's not like that.

as for dns... install a dns relay server on it... and tell window to go there for dns.

Thanks for the reply guys

"what is 192.168.5.# meant to mean?? "

The # means any number. Trying to be a sittle discrete

I know of the Windows XP host file, which I have used, but the end idea is to build a intranet server, so not practical in the long run.

"you can set up a DNS-server, and set the XP machine to use the Debian-box as the primary DNS-server"

This is what I have tried to achieve thus far, I have set the XP machine to reference my Debian box as a primary Name Server,

This is what I have done on the:

----- FILE 1 -----------

named.conf:

zone "mydomain.cxm" in {
type master;
file "mydomain.cxm";
};

------ FILE 2 ---------

mydomain.cxm:

@ IN SOA linux.mydomain.cxm. hostmaster.linux.mydomain.cxm.(
200505280 ; serial number
10800 ; refresh 3 hours
3600 ; retry 1 hour
36000000 ; expire 1000 hours
86400 ); Minimum 24 hours

IN NS linux.mydomain.cxm
IN A 192.168.2.5
IN MX 10 linux.mydomain.cxm
IN MX 15 dan.mydomain.cxm

linux IN A 192.168.2.5
IN HINFO PC-686 LINUX
ftp IN CNAME linux.mydomain.cxm.
www IN A 192.168.2.5
dan IN A 192.168.2.3

----- END OF FILE LIST ----

When I try to ping linux.mydomain.cxm, I get

unknown host linux.mydomain.cxm

I think I'm headed in the right direction, any pointers?

Did you set the XP and Linux system to use the DNS server that you set up?

Hi, thanks for answering,

I have set on the XP machine to look at the linux machine as the Name Server, by setting the primary DNS to the IP of the server, I left the second name server empty to make sure it only relies on the linux machine. When the linux machine is off, the PC cannot resolve the internet which means that is a success.

However, I don't know how to make sure the actual linux machine resolves or checks itself for domains before looking at the next authoratitve server, can I set this on etc/network/interfaces, can I have an example please?