Problems resolution names.

Joseph S D Yao jsdy at cospo.osis.gov
Wed Sep 13 21:47:41 UTC 2000


You know, I just noticed [obviously I wasn't looking hard enough
earlier]:

On Thu, Sep 14, 2000 at 07:42:57AM +1100, Mark.Andrews at nominum.com wrote:
...
> > I just have configured this ...
> > 
> > #####################################################################
> > options {
> >                   directory  "/var/named";
> >                   pid-file   "/var/named/named.pid";
> >                   named-xfer "/usr/sbin/named-xfer";
> > 
> >                   transfers-in     10;
> >                   forward only;
> >                   fake-iquery yes;
> >                   pollfd-chunk-size 20;
> > 
> >         //#ident "@(#)cmd-inet:var/named/named.boot 1.2"
> >         //
> >         //boot file for name server
> >         //
> >         //type domain source file or host
> >         //
> > 
> > };

It says "forward only;".  But no "forwarders {...};" statement.

If you are behind a firewall, please enter a "forwarders { X; };"
statement, where "X" is the IP address of your firewall [from the
inside].

If you are NOT in fact behind a firewall, take out the "forward only;"
line.

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