[plug] Named

[Paul Dean]

On Thu, 21 Feb 2002, Jonathon Bates wrote:

> It seems to be a firewall problem.
> When i flush the rules it works no problems.....
> But when i start the firewall it doesnt run. Im explictly allowing dns:
> # DNS (53)
> ipchains -A input -p tcp -s 0/0 -d 0/0 53 -j ACCEPT
> ipchains -A input -p udp -s 0/0 -d 0/0 53 -j ACCEPT
> echo -n ".."
> 
> # DNS (53)
> ipchains -A output -p tcp -s 0/0 -d 0/0 53 -j ACCEPT
> ipchains -A output -p udp -s 0/0 -d 0/0 53 -j ACCEPT
> echo -n ".."
> 
If you have setup a firewall you shouldn't need much more than
masqurading, so I would check to see if you have other rules in ipchains
that may be stopping traffic.
But this does depend on you PC/Network setup.
> Would taht be correct?
> 
> Cheers
> batesy
> 
> > > Heya guys,
> > > Im running a local DNS server on my home network. Now named when i run a
> > > status command tells me that it aint loading its config (apparantly thats
> > > nothing to worry about).
> > > And then when I try to ping domain names they dont resolve. I have
> > > /etc/resolv.conf set to:
> > > search www.batesy.net
> > This needs to be batesy.net
> > > nameserver 192.168.0.1
> > > 
> > > And it doesnt resolve. Does anyone have any ideas?
> > > 
> > > Cheers
> > > Batesy
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
> > 
> 

-- 
Paul Dean.
Canning College IT Support.