> I've just added an NT 4.0 server machine onto my linux network so I can > work on learning it. Anyway, since I've added it, my dial up > connection has been going on continually. It appears to be dns look > ups since it is connecting on port 53. Does anyone know how to stop > this in NT? >
I have seen similar behavior. While I don't have auto dialup, I noticed that NT wouldn't print until I turned on my ppp connection. Since I don't have auto dialup, I solved my problem by adding to /etc/ppp/ip-down.d a script that did ln -fs ./named.root.fake /var/named/named.root /usr/sbin/ndc restart Of course I had to return the original dns service in /etc/ppp/ip-up.d. Note that this all presumed I ran a DNS server, which wasn't too difficult to setup, but might took many hours to resolve what all the documentation said. This approach follows somewhat some HOWTO document, maybe the DNS-HOWTO or PPP-HOWTO. For your case with auto dialup, this might work if all the NT computer wants is DNS service. However, I am not versed enough in auto dialup to know the better solutions. -- Jim Burt, NJ9L, Fairfax, Virginia, USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mnsinc.com/jameson [EMAIL PROTECTED] (703) 235-5213 ext. 132 (work) "A poor man associating with a rich man will soon be too poor to buy even a pair of breeches." --Chinese Proverb