[H-GEN] local cache-only nameserver seems muted

[R Bubko]

In memory of Mighty wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 29 Aug 1997, R Bubko wrote:
> 
> > I am trying to set it up to have my domain and localhost only.
> 
> [...etc...]
> 
> > I have forwarders in named.boot - the UQ nameservers.
> > named.cache only has: localhost       99999999        A       127.0.0.1
> 
>         There are two obvious possibilites that I can think of.
> 
>         1) You're not waiting long enough.
>                 It can take quite a while for names to resolve in this
>                 way... I'm not really sure why, but at home it often takes
>                 30 seconds to a minute to start resolving properly.  From
>                 then on it's pretty good.  My resolv.conf only references
>                 the local server.

The nslookup & dig answers were swift: FAIL so I continued.

> 
>         2) Your forwarding setup is wrong.
>                 Try rechecking the howto...  yep.  I mean again.

This most certainly is the most likely. I have read through the parts
several times. I resorted to several different positions and
orientations to make sure I read the bit I needed and understood it.
Alas to no avail. The ()(*%$^&^&%% still would not go.

> 
>         As a test you may wish to try disabling the uq servers in your
>         resolv.conf.

Did not need to do this as nslookup & dig both reported SERVER-FAIL when
I tried to do anything other than 127.0.0.1 or localhost. So it did not
even query the uq servers at all.
I don't have my local domain in my SOA (start of authority) only
localhost.


> 
>         In memory of Mighty <memory at techie.com>
> 

I added the root servers using the current file from 
 FTP.RS.INTERNIC.NET   /domain/named.root
as it is without the cache entry.
Bingo. It works fine and quicly too.

Is this the ideal setup or does the cache entry need to be in the
caching file?
(the line above)

At the moment I don't have
options    forwarders-only
in my named.boot file. I suspect this may be the most suitable
arrangement with the cache entry added to it.

Please comment on this setup. 

Ron

"355/113 -- Not the famous irrational number PI, but an incredible
simulation!"


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