DNS newbie

[Michael Kjorling]

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On Mar 30 2002 00:25 -0000, those who know me have no need of my name...:

>[not-a-] >	   My problem is as follows: when I enter the command hosts
>[not-a-] >ns1.moontech.org I receive the message, not found 2(serverFail).  Also,
>[not-a-] >when I execute the command rndc reload, I get the response: connect:
>[not-a-] >connection refused.
>[not-a-]
>[not-a-] sounds like your server isn't running.  what does you logfile say about it?
>[not-a-]
>[not-a-] >Also, I'm runnign RedHat Linux 7.1.
>[not-a-]
>[not-a-] make sure your "firewall" settings allow incoming dns queries (port 53 tcp
>[not-a-] and udp).

rndc works over port 953, so one would need to open that one as well.


Michael Kjörling

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