Re: [cobalt-users] Unknown /etc/named/db.127.0.0.1

[Ted Behling <TBehling@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 04:17 PM 9/1/01, flash22@xxxxxxx wrote:
> On Sat, 1 Sep 2001, Per M Knutsen wrote:
>
> > I have a file in /etc/named with the name db.127.0.0.1 and the following
> > content:
> > I've never heard of this domain. What the *%^! is this?
> > Can I safely delete it?
>
> You can , in fact, delete anything in the etc/named directory **except**
> 'records', and the GUI will rebuild them when you save back the changes to
> that domain in the gui again.....(It never hurts to get in the habit of
> saving copies of things elsewhere tho, it will save your you-know-what)
>
> Are you sure you didn't get hacked or something? you have very strange
> things on your machine ;)

That's not correct.  The file in question is for reverse-lookups of the 
localhost IP address, so if you run 'nslookup 127.0.0.1', it'll return 
'localhost'.

Further, I strongly disagree with your advice to "delete anything" in the 
/etc/named directory.  I see no evidence that the root zone (db.cache) or 
localhost reverse-lookup zones would be re-created if deleted, but I'm 
willing to be convinced otherwise.  Regardless, it's Just Plain Dangerous 
to go deleting things like that.

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