From: rcopg@minyos.xx.rmit.OZ.AU (Paul Gortmaker) Subject: Re: Network Installation (Requested follow-up) Date: 28 Jun 1993 06:29:04 GMT
marcf@nexus.yorku.ca (Marc G Fournier) writes:
> how does one *find* a nameserver to use? is there a list of
>them available for 'public' use or do you have to beg and plead with
>some sys admin at another site :) Also, my understanding was that
>you could have 2+ nameserver lines in your resolv.conf. I tried
>putting two in (local gateway first, 'distant' nameserver second) but
>it wouldn't seem to work until I switched the order. From this I'm
>assuming that it is only reading the one line...was my understanding
>wrong?
...get on to a local computer running U*ix that you have access to, and
type "nslookup" --> you will get the name and IP of the local DNS host
that you can put into your resolv.conf file. Or even better, try typing
"less /etc/resolv.conf" on the same machine ;-)
As for the ordering of the names, I would bet that your gateway machine
is not running named, and hence that is why it fell over. I have 3
"nameserver" lines in my resolv.conf, and once when the main server went
down, it correctly went on to query the second.
Regards,
Paul.
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e-mail: paul@cain.mmtc.rmit.oz.au rcopg@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au
>Marc