Re: [LI] DNS ?

["Rajeev B.S.Rao" <rajeevr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 12 Nov 1999, Cyrus Patel wrote:

> 
> Hi Rajeev,
> 
> One of the things that still blows me away about Linux is that it
> doesn't need external DNS servers to work. There is a package called
> bind which makes your computer a DNS server.
> 
> Just install the package (on most dists it is installed by default)
> and in your resolve.conf put the line
> 
> nameserver 127.0.0.1
> 
> Hope this helps
> Cyrus
> 
Actually, I was referring to connecting to the net only with my linux
desktop as a client.

I had no intention of making my m/c a DNS server. Or
do I have my concepts of DNS wrong? 

> Rajeev B.S.Rao [rajeevr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] wrote:
> > Hello,
> >    Does the DNS numbers have to be entered into resolv.conf. Can linux
> > automatically detect them, the way Windows does?
> > 
> > Rajeev
> > 
> > 
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> Cyrus Patel - cyrus@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Dept. of Computer Engineering                           Debian GNU/Linux 
> University of New South Wales                           (Potato)
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