Re: [cobalt-users] [RAQ4i] DNS Hopelessly Screwed!?! Please tell me where to find BIND...

[Gerald Waugh <gwaugh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 14 Nov 2002, Jeff Curnow wrote:

> Hi,
>
> It seems like my DNS is hopelessly screwed-up. I have a RAQ4i, which is a
> dedicated MIVA commerce hosting server, so I can't just use the restore disk
> to fix the problems without losing the MIVA stuff. MIVA and Sun seem to have
> forgotten that any agreement to sell these boxes ever existed, and I cannot
> get any support from either of them.
>
> Here's the deal:
>
> 1. I only have TELNET access to the RAQ. (The GUI dissappeared when I
> switched router gateway addresses one night). When I login, it takes about
> 90 seconds to make a connection.
> 2. I have been doing a lot of research about DNS on the list, and at
> Redhat's site. I've found a lot of places where the DNS settings were really
> screwed, and fixed them. (etc/named/, named.conf, records, et. al.)
> 3. According to the list, the RaQ is supposed to have a standard Linux File
> Structure.
> 4. According to Redhat, the main DNS files are supposed to be in a directory
> called /var/named
> 5. There is no /var/named directory.
>
> Where should I REALLY look?


/etc/named
and /etc/named.conf

Gerald
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