Configuring Domain Name Service (DNS)

The Internet Manager automatically configures a caching nameserver. This allows you to make use of the root nameservers out on the Internet to resolve domain names. However, if you already have a nameserver for your domain configured on a different machine to resolve names in your own domain as well as those out on the Internet, you may want to configure your SCO OpenServer system to use that nameserver instead.

To do so:

1. Edit the /etc/resolv.conf file as follows:

      domain yourdomain.COM
      nameserver IP address your nameserver
      hostresorder local bind
   

   For example, if your domain is foo.COM, and the IP address of your nameserver is 199.199.198.1, this file would look like this:

      domain foo.COM
      nameserver 199.199.198.1
      hostresorder local bind
   

2. Set the permissions on /etc/resolv.conf:
   
   chmod 644 /etc/resolv.conf

3. Rename the /etc/named.boot file:
   
   mv /etc/named.boot /etc/named.boot-

4. Kill the named daemon:
   
   kill `cat /etc/named.pid`

To configure a primary or secondary nameserver on your SCO OpenServer system, see ``Configuring the Domain Name Service''.