[plug] BIND

Thu Feb 7 15:05:05 WST 2002

> I have just installed an RH7.2 server and BIND 9.1.3-4 came on it by default. I started bind and tryed to do a dig but it just tmed out. My /etec/resolve.conf has "nameserver 127.0.0.1" in it on the second line under the search statement.
I hope you mean /etc/resolv.conf (resolv not resolve)... unless rhat has
changed something drastic it is resolv.conf like every other *nix.
Anyway, resolv.conf doesn't matter much for _testing_ dns server, you
want to 

dig @127.0.0.1

if you were just using "dig" before. 

host <some-defined-fqdn> 127.0.0.1

can be handy too, and as root (or sudo - if it isn't installed, well
time to install it!):

nmap -sU localhost -p 53-54

can tell you if port udp/53 is open for local traffic at least, telling
you that named is running and bound to the right port.

> The iptables is empty.
But does it show ACCEPT policies or DENY ? Of course, DENY on local
loopback tends to be kinda obvious but you never do know...

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