Setting up a DNS caching server with Fedora 4

[Stefan Puiu]

For dumping the cache, you can use rndc dumpdb; it will dump the
server's cache contents in a file; by default, I think it's called
named_dump.db and it's saved in BIND's working directory (specified in
named.conf using the 'directory' directive).

What does your named.conf look like? And how are you using dig to
query your local nameserver?

Check out the BIND administrator manual, btw. You'll find the answers
for some of your questions there.

http://www.bind9.net/manuals

On 29 Jul 2005 05:51:10 -0700, Mike Smith <mike.smith0001 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
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> I'm a bit new to this, but I'm trying to set up a DNS caching server
> for my newly installed Fedora 4 box.  I'm used to the windows world,
> where it has a built-in DNS cache, so bear with me.  According to the
> instructions I've found on the net:
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> http://www.siliconvalleyccie.com/linux-hn/dns-static.htm
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> the only thing I have to do with Fedora 4 is edit the /etc/resolv.conf
> to point to 127.0.0.1.  I've done this, and it doesn't seem to work too
> well.  When I use dig, it sometimes uses 127.0.0.1, sometimes not.  I
> don't know the equivalent of "ipconfig /displaydns" in Linux to display
> the dns cache, etc, and I don't know how to configure  how long to keep
> the DNS entries around.  Any help would be appreciate - also, notes are
> below on what I have done.
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> - installed the latest version of bind, bind-utils, and
> caching-namesever with apt-get install
> - changed named.conf to put 127.0.0.1 entry
> - restarted named
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