[H-GEN] Stopping nameserver lookup for local subnet

[David Jericho]

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On Wed, Feb 14, 2001 at 03:13:19PM +1000, Jason Henry Parker wrote:
> What needs to be done to fix this, IMHO is for the masq box (or the
> other, it doesn't really matter much) to be running BIND or some
> other DNS server which will be authoritative for the local zone.

The easiest solution is in the file, nsswitch.conf in the /etc directory.

What you're looking for, is the line that begins with 
	hosts:

At the moment, it's probably reading something like 
	hosts:      dns nisplus nis files

You want it to read
	hosts: 	    files dns

Meaning, look up the /etc/hosts file first, then if it doesn't exist, lookup
via the dns service.

But as Jason said, a proper DNS server is probably the way to go, and it also
speeds up offsite name resolution because of its local cache.

There are a few options, the ISC BIND, djb-dns, and Dents.

ISC BIND:	The defacto standard. 
	http://www.isc.org/products/BIND/

djb-dns: 	Never run it, but have heard glowing reports from those who do.
	http://cr.yp.to/djbdns.html

Dents: 		Still beta. A lot of interesting ideas.	
	http://www.dents.org/

There are probably a few others, but all of the above have rpms, and 
while I couldn't find the debs in the debian source lists for djb-dns and 
Dents, I'm sure they could be found somewhere.

-- 
David Jericho, Systems Administrator
WebMatchIT Interactive Marketing

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