Adding local hosts?

[Kevin Darcy]

You could set up a master zone on the nameserver just for that one name.
But it seems like overkill for just one name.

Obtain a copy of _DNS_and_BIND_ (4th Edition coming out shortly), if you
want to learn how to configure and maintain masters, slaves, etc. Or take a
look at the available online documentation (follow the links from ISC's
website).


- Kevin

Jim Lum wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am running Bind (named95) on one of machines as a caching server for
> my home network.  Right now, I am using the hosts files on the machines
> on this network to point to a local (192.168.0.x) machine for testing
> (e.g., I have something like:
>
> 192.168.0.x  www.thelocalmachine.com
>
> in the hosts file on each machine.
>
> I was wondering, since I have named95 running, would it be possible to
> somehow setup named95 to do the name resolution for this local machine's
> IP address instead of having it in each machine's host file?
>
> If so, how do I do this?
>
> Which named95 file do I modify, and what do I need to add?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Jim