At 6:31 AM +0800 3/30/07, Ed Greshko wrote:
Tony Nelson wrote:
Tim -- is this also a solution for my problem? I have set up a local server (on CentOS 4.4) to test a replacement for a real server with a domain name (running RH 7.2). The local server should always resolve that domain name to itself, so as to properly test itself and not the real server. Just adding lines to /etc/hosts was insufficient, probably because DNS queries (dig, nslookup) still see the real server. I'm trying to avoid really understanding BIND at this time, as I have plenty of other issues to deal with, and the new server, when deployed, won't need this testing DNS configuration.
If you don't want to understand named and how to configure it then try the following.
- Remove the /etc/resolv.conf
- Create a /etc/hosts file that contains all of the information needed and
that includes all of the servers that host may need to contact for testing purposes. 3. Edit the /etc/nsswitch and change the "hosts" line to have "files" only.
Thanks, but that wasn't the question, and it raises its own difficult questions. I'll wait for Tim.