Rahul Garg wrote: > > well the problem goes like this- > > i have made my linux m/c as dns server and its domain is linux > i have another windows server and its domain is say windows. > now when a request comes, i want is my linux m/c dns server to > first lookup for linux dns server (with domain linux) and if not > present > then it should look up for windows server(domain shakti) > ie. i should be able to ping to windows serverm/c and its clients even > if > those clients(hosts) are not mentioned as hosts in linux dns server. > > what i think is , i have to make windows server as slave of linux > server - am i riht? > if yes, then where i have to make changes -on linux m/ c or windows > m/c and what changes?? > --- I'm not entirely clear on the exact setup but I will describe what I would do a particular scenario but this might depend upon the loads of the various servers involved and the actual server daemons running on both the linux & windows servers.
Assuming that you are running the linux server as an internet gateway and the Windows Server is at least Windows 2000 server... The easiest thing to do is to run dhcp and dns on Windows 2000 server and have dhcp update dns on the windows server and then on the linux system, have /etc/resolv.conf point first to the windows server. Then you don't need to run named/bind on the linux system at all, don't have to worry about security issues, slave servers etc. Otherwise, you would have to run dns on linux and allow updates from Windows server - not sure why you would want to run slave servers unless your loads are great or you are providing dns services to the public. If you have to expose dns to the public internet, then all bets are off, you will need to become intimate with dns/named/bind because there are so many security issues to deal with. As for your question, you can make either server the slave and the master as both are capable of either role. The questions really are - who is the dns for...the internal lan, the public internet or both? A suggestion for you...get webmin <http://www.webmin.com> as this will make setting up bind a bit easier on linux despite the fact that it writes out very clumsy zone files, they work and simplify the process. Craig _______________________________________________ Seawolf-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list
