Re: DNS woes

[Jake Morrison <jake_morrison@example.com>]

JC,

Have you looked at the DNS-HOWTO? 
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/DNS-HOWTO.html
It has some very simple examples that may get you going.

Another thing to look at is /etc/nsswitch.conf, which determines the
order that network databases are searched. 
Your machine may be trying nis or nisplus before /etc/hosts and dns.
Look at the "hosts" line and remove the nis entries. 

Regards,
Jake

--- Jean-Christian Imbeault <jean_christian@example.com> wrote:
> Here I go again [1] ... I've asked about this before but I just can't
> seem 
> to get things working.
> 
> The problem is that creating an ftp connection into or out of my
> Linux box 
> takes forever. As was pointed out this is because I have DNS enabled
> (but I 
> have no local DNS server running). How can I make my ftp connections
> not 
> take so long?
> 
> I know the easy answer, and something I *will* someday do, is to
> install a 
> DNS server on my machine. I've tried but installing a DNS server is
> not as 
> easy as you guys make it look. (I have ordered the DNS/BIND book and
> will 
> give installation a second try as soon as it arrives ...)
> 
> In the meantime, short of disabling DNS (using linuxconf) what is a 
> short-term solution?
> 
> Thanks again!
> 
> Jc
> 
> [1] If anyone hasn't guessed yet I've been "promoted" to sysadmin,
> hence all 
> the questions. The first I did was make management understand Linux
> was the 
> way to go (Considering they wanted NT I guess anything was better
> ...). 
> Linux used to be fun, now it's actually work ^_^ I now have a
> new-found 
> admiration for sysadmins of the world ...
>
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