hello all,

well i want to set up a test dns server in my system and for this i am not using any static ip,i will be using dhcp..

now i am stuck with creating the zones for the website so can anyone help me in it?and while configuring named.conf(as m not using a static ip),i gave the address that i have through dhcp?is that ok?

And is my configuration for names.conf file correct?

options {
listen-on port 53 { 127.0.0.1; 192.168.0.11.255 };
listen-on-v6 port 53 { ::1; };
directory "/var/named";

allow-query { localhost; 192.168.0.0/22 };
allow-query-cache { localhost;192.168.0.0/22 };
};

view localhost_resolver {
match-clients { localhost; 192.168.0.0/22; };
match-destinations { localhost; 192.168.0.0/22; };
recursion yes;
include "/etc/named.rfc1912.zones";
};

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

zone "tashicell.bt" {
type master;
file "tashicell.bt.db";
};


I need your suggestion,guidance and help..

Thank You..

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...server-906142/

try looking for your solutions

well,
is for my opinion almost impossible.
At least your server should be static IP within your subnet (home network ...) having configured Gateway through your internet connection, like:

is it not possible to fix the IP of user in dhcp through MAC
Through that way it should be possible?

well Mr.Deepak,i have gone through that as i was the one to ask that last time..

well i want my system to act as a dns server(just to learn and see if it works),and for this is it necesssary to give a valid web address for it?i though it qould confilct so but anyway i can give a valid web address also..

and in /etc/hosts we need to give the ip of the machine followed by the hostname,here what does the hostname stand for?is it the website or what is it?

As lithos said it is always better to use a static IP rather a dynamic one and honestly I have not tried with a DHCP IP for DNS.

and for host name is the name of your machine

for better results search on Google and m sure you'll get your answer

ok now i ll be using static ip...can u please help me put now?

in the localhost.localdomain give your hostname for eg manju.example.com

well what i did was i have used that static ip in the named.conf and resolv.conf file but i havent used it in my system itself,i mean for the lan....or do you want me to use this static ip in the system also?

and the hostname of ny system is localhost.localdomain...i can change it as well right?..in you example you have given it as example.com and that looks like a website address....so m confused as to whether you are askin me to give the hostname of the system,or change the hostname of my system to sarah.example.com or whether to give the website?

that really confused me
you have used static ip in named.conf and resolv.conf but not in your system?
now where do you want to configure DNS?

and regarding hostname as I said you should try google once

oh yaya i got it....my mistake,hahaa....sorry for that...ya i did goole for hostnames,thats y i told you that we can cahnge it also....


My doubt is in your example you have given sarah.example.com in place of localhost.localdomain,so m asking you what should id do?u want me to change my hostname to sarah.example.com?

no you can put any host name you want

or whatever not at all matters as per your convenience

but for suitability try use a domain name with host name

well Mr.Deepak i did as you said and gave sarah.example.com with the ip address in the /etc/hosts and in others also.....but in the /hosts the loopback addressia also there as:
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
::1 localhost6.localdomain6 localhost6
what should i do?shall i replace the above localhost.localdomain wth that sarah one or remove the loopback address itself or leave it as it is?

and in cd sysconfig/network also:
HOSTNAME=localhost.localdomain
so out here also replace localhost.localdoamin wth sarah.example.com or add a new one?

please don't mind as i have been asking you a lot of times and that too such silly questions,please don't mind but million thanks as well...

leave them at it is
just follow the instructions as it is said in hosts file and make a new entry

your_ip hostname

and replace the hostname with newone in sysconfig

wow thanks,i did as u said now....what step should i be taking now?

And Mr.Deepak our lan uses private ip in the range of 192.168.11.X(dhcp)....so when i used the static ip i used 192.168.0.1 but since it isnt in our lan it isnt connecting to the internet or is something wrong with my system?