I need some help. I'm trying to configure DNS on my linux RH 9 box.
I'm not quite sure I fully understand how linux handles C records and A records. All I really need are A records that will point a hostname to an IP address within my LAN.
So,
Computer 1:
Name: Server1
IP Add: x.x.x.1
Computer 2:
Name: Server2
IPAdd: x.x.x.2
Computer 3:
Name: DHCP
IPAdd: x.x.x.3
etc...
I just want my local lan to resolve these names to an IP Address. I don't need the MX, NS or www. records. Just basic name resolution.
Bare with me, I'm a Windows admin, so I'm used to the "point click" dns config.
CNAME is just a alias to a A name
the A name is the primary host you want to assign to the IP
I understand dns as a whole, just not how Linux handles DNS. I have no problem doing c names and a names in windows. Arg... I'm just not grasping name.conf and or name.whatever and then putting the A record in there... etc.
you don't put them in there.. /etc/named.conf is the file that configs your dns.. you do all the c/a names in the zone files in /var/named
Quote:I need some help. I'm trying to configure DNS on my linux RH 9 box.
I'm not quite sure I fully understand how linux handles C records and A records. All I really need are A records that will point a hostname to an IP address within my LAN.
So,
Computer 1:
Name: Server1
IP Add: x.x.x.1
Computer 2:
Name: Server2
IPAdd: x.x.x.2
Computer 3:
Name: DHCP
IPAdd: x.x.x.3
etc...
I just want my local lan to resolve these names to an IP Address. I don't need the MX, NS or www. records. Just basic name resolution.
Bare with me, I'm a Windows admin, so I'm used to the "point click" dns config.
You don't need to run dns server for lan-only, use /etc/hosts.