Hello, > > marvin is my mailserver and gateway. It is running exim. When I > > connect to smtp on marvin from another computer (telnet marvin 25), > > exim does an ipv6 dns lookup for "marvin" which fires up my DoD line > > :( > > > > Apr 2 12:55:32 marvin named[2315]: query log on > > Apr 2 12:56:22 marvin named[2315]: > > XX+/192.168.42.103/marvin.galaxy.home/AAAA/IN Apr 2 12:56:22 marvin > > named[2315]: ns_forw: sendto([129.187.10.25].53): Network is > > unreachable Apr 2 12:56:22 marvin named[2315]: > > XX+/192.168.42.103/marvin.galaxy.home/AAAA/IN Apr 2 12:56:22 marvin > > named[2315]: XX+/192.168.42.103/marvin/AAAA/IN Apr 2 12:56:23 > > marvin named[2315]: XX+/192.168.42.103/marvin/AAAA/IN Apr 2 > > 12:57:14 marvin named[2315]: query log off > Are you also running named? Yes, on marvin (192.168.42.103)
> It sure looks that way. Can you tell it that > it's authoritative for galaxy.home. and that it should never ask its > forwarders (or anyone else) about it? I don't know how. I have not much clue about nameservers... > Also, I'm not sure I understand what those log lines mean, exactly. Is > 192.168.42.103 the computer you're connecting from, or is that > marvin's address? It looks to me like 192.168.42.103 is asking named > for marvin's address, not that marvin is doing a lookup for itself. > (Unless marvin == 192.168.42.103, of course.) You are right: 192.168.42.103 is "eddie.galaxy.home". Eddie is the computer, on which i do the "telnet marvin 25". Do you have a hint how to stop eddie doing that lookup ? (There is no bind running on eddie...) > A simpler (but not as elegant) solution would be to add an entry for > marvin in your /etc/hosts . /etc/hosts on eddie and marvin contains the line: 192.168.42.99 marvin.galaxy.home marvin > I assume all of your LAN machines are using > marvin's named as their DNS, No, I have four computers which rely on their /etc/hosts. > so adding the zone would give you the > advantage of being able to address machines by their internal names. I dont have any idea what you mean ;) Sorry, never had time to learn more about bind... > Please tell me if my assumptions are wrong, 50/50 - you're doing good ! > or if this doesn't work for > you, or you need help configuring bind. Well, I first had to learn a lot about bind - it's not fair to let you do all the work... Do you have any hints, what I could read ? Perhaps, you have another hint to help me, now that you have new infos ? Thank you very much for your help ! -- Markus Grunwald Registered Linux User Nr 101577 http://counter.li.org http://www.grunwald.2xs.de -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
