[cobalt-users] automatic secondary DNS caching

[Adam Williams <adam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Anyone have an idea on how to make a Raq3 do secondary DNS carching from a
primary DNS server on a Raq3i?  I looked at /etc/named.conf on the raq3
and there is no line like:

zone "." {
  type hint;
  file "named.root";
};

So I am clueless about how it looks up Root name servers.  I hand edited
named.conf and put in:

options {
  directory "/etc/named";
};

zone "intop.net" {
  type slave;
  file "sec.intop.net";
  masters {
          206.156.254.3;
  };
};

zone "254.156.206.in-addr.arpa" {
  type slave;
  file "pri.254.156.206.in-addr.arpa";
  masters {
          206.156.254.3;
  };
};


And then it wouldn't resolve any hostnames, and when I restarted named, it
didn't build a named.conf and the zones in /etc/named from the ones in the
primary DNS server.  Any clue as to what is up?  I know there is a way to
have it query the primary name server (206.156.254.3) and have it get all
the zones and DNS records on it and build the named.conf and records and
put them in /etc/named but I am not able to getit to work.  Any clue as to
what is wrong?  I also tried putting in:

zone "." {
  type hint;
  file "named.root";
};

and then went to /etc/named and ran 

dig @rs.internic.net . ns > /etc/named/named.root

but that didn't help.  Any ideas?

			Thanks,
			Adam

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|Adam Williams                  adam@xxxxxxxxxx             |
|Network Administrator          Vicksburg Chemical Company  |
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