> Quick follow up. I changed the forwarders that I was using in the
> named.conf file and domain names seem to be resolving OK now.
Good.
> But I'm still not getting an answer for my local domain pinging from
> the XP workstation. How do I get the linux box to first look at its
> own DNS?
/etc/resolv.conf should have "nameserver 127.0.0.1" in it as the fist
nameserver. Also make sure bind is answering on 127.0.0.1. You can
also make sure no one queries your name server unless you allow it by
adding something like this to your /etc/bind/named.conf file:
allow-query {
192.168.0.0/24;
127.0.0.1/32;
};
Make sure you're not firewalling off DNS on the linux box from the
internal network, too.
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