[H-GEN] local dns only

[Edwin Groothuis]

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On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 07:03:34PM +1000, Sandra Milne wrote:
> At 19:32 5/12/2002 +1100, you wrote:
> 
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> >On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 06:07:04PM +1000, Sandra Milne wrote:
> >> I'd like to use bind to run a local dns, non-caching, just for 
> >>forwarding.
> >Non-caching? Just modify your /etc/resolv.conf and you're done!
> Sorry meant 'local' as in 'local area network'.

Still, non-caching isn't possible (afaik). What you can do, with
bind, is just add this to your options:

options {
	[...]
        recursion yes;

        forward only;
        forwarders {
                a.b.c.d;
        };

	listen-on {
		e.f.g.h;	<- if the machine is the gateway
	}

	or....

	allow-query {
		mynets;		<- if the machine is not the gateway
	}
};

acl mynets {
        localnets;
	etc;
};

Edwin

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