Changing primary and secondary DNS without X

Don Harrop Don Harrop <don@nis4u.com>
Wed, 20 Sep 2000 13:15:24 -0700 (MST)


I'm not sure if I misunderstood or if der.hans misunderstood.  Are you
talking about DNS server search order " /etc/resolv.conf" or the bind
(DNS) server?

Don


On Wed, 20 Sep 2000, der.hans wrote:

> Am 20. Sep, 2000 schwäzte David Demland so:
> 
> > 
> > I am installing a firewall here at work. I am using Storm Linux. I have
> > never use a Debian version of Linux before but all has seemed to go well
> > thus far. I do not have X Windows on this box because it is a firewall. I
> > have only used X to check and change the primary and secondary DNS servers.
> > What file is this information stored in if I am not using X?
> 
> /etc/bind/named.conf on debian, /etc/named.conf for most everything
> else. This is presuming you're running bind 8.x. For bind 4.x it was
> /etc/named.boot or some such.
> 
> See /usr/sbin/named-bootconf if you're moving from bind 4.x to bind 8.x.
> 
> ciao,
> 
> der.hans
>