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On 22 May 1997 14:26:45 +0930, Chris Saunderson
<saundo@schroedinger.adelaide.maptek.com.au> wrote:

>Manfred Bartz <mbartz@werple.net.au> writes:
>
>> 
>> pkdoc1@mugc.cc.monash.edu.au (Phillip Dockley) writes:
>> 
>> > Hi All
>> > 
>> > 	Does any have a quick and easy guide (not the HOWTO) on how to
>> > set up a DNS under slackware running kernel ver 2.
>> > 
>> > The dns would be for a local network ie no internet access !!
>> > 
>> > Phill
>> 
>> I have been looking for something like that myself, but I am using
>> a dial-up link to access the net and that may complicate things a bit.
>> 
>> I have searched for a ``cookbook recipe'' for my specific situation,
>> but no success so far.
>
>2 Parts to the response:
>
>Phillip:
>
>Why on EARTH would you want DNS on an internal/local network? If you're not
>connected to the Net, use NIS with your hosts file in the maps.
>

The reason was for doing a uni assignment which required running msql
under linux and seeing its connected via lan to my normal desktop pc
it required a DNS for msql to work correctly but even so i recommend
setting it up for the experience of doing it !!


>DNS really only works where you can pass a query up to a "canonical"
>root server for a domain.
>
>Manfred:
>
>
>You're in a bit of a bind. If you want to dial up intermittently
>dial up and then make DNS enquiries, then you want a caching nameserver
>(it's in the named docs). If you're thinking of just dialing up,
>snarfing the latest "nameserver stuff", then logging off, sorry, no
>dice. DNS don't work that way.
>
>You'll both need to look into resolver order and stuff. Try and ferret out
>a copy of "DNS and Bind" from the ORA Nutshell series.
>
>Cheers
>
>Saundo
>
>--
>Chris "Saundo" Saunderson       Chris.Saunderson@adelaide.maptek.com.au
>Technical Support Engineer      Telephone: (08) 8379 7333
>		Maptek Pty Ltd - Adelaide
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