I just set up a new DNS server that is going to act as a secondary server to an NT DNS server.
I followed the directions pretty specifically but the directions I had I do not think were meant to be used in a Microsoft world.
I added the notify on the MS server but still cannot pull up web pages.
Does Linux not update from MS?
I am on a different subnet (I don't know if that makes a difference or not), using Redhat 7.1., and I can ping between the 2 machines with the IP but not with the name in either direction.
Any suggestions?

Thanx in advance...

Hi ,

DNS works the same everywhere ( MS or NON-MS ).

So there is no reason why ur DNS should not work with MS DNS.

U have not configured ur DNS properly. And yeh the syntax might differ for MS DNS. Give me ur config and imaginary details so that i can try to see where ur going wrong.

about being on differant subnets does not matter as long as the two name servers are able to ping each other with the relevant ip addresses.

and what do u mean pulling up pages ? i can only help out ( if possible ) with name resolution .


u can reach me at vipulmb@onebox.com

Regards ,
Xanthium.

It seems that your linux box hasn't been configured correctly with dns settings.
To be able to ping your ms machine with hostname you will have to tell linux wich dns to use, just like you have to set dns settings in tcp/ip properties in windows to be able to surf.
I think that netconfig, or is it netconf, would be the easiest to change this setting.

There might be more trouble to fix but try this first and if it doesn't work post your config files for linux dns server, found in /etc directory. Think it is called named.conf

By "pulling up pages", i did mean name resoultion.
Sorry
Hey, thanks for any help.

Terri


## named.conf - configuration for bind
#
# Generated automatically by bindconf, alchemist et al.

options {
directory "/var/named/";
};



zone "mydomain.com" {
type slave;
file "mydomain.com.zone";
masters {
222.111.99.111;
};
};




zone "." {
type hint;
file "named.ca";
};


zone "0.0.127.in-addr.arpa" {
type master;
file "0.0.127.in-addr.arpa.zone";
};


zone "localhost" {
type master;
file "localhost.zone";
};

You might have to tell your M$ dns which hosts are authorized to make zone transfer.
I know that you can set this up in windows 2000 server, don't know about nt though.

I did set the notify on the NT server for that ip.
Anything else?