Paul M Foster wrote:
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> In other words, in order for local machines to be able
> to resolve IPs/addresses _on your network_, you'd still need something
> running to do that. Which would be BIND, right?
My quick answer is:
You don't need BIND or DHCP if you have a private network that isn't
connected to the internet. Just provide static IP's for each machine,
include all host_names/IP_addresses in each machine's /etc/hosts file,
and edit the machines' /etc/hosts and /etc/nsswitch.conf files such that
the files will be checked by the resolver rather than using DNS.
Resolving IP addresses isn't a problem.
But....
How reverse lookups are done without a nameserver, I don't know. Some
programs like TCP_wrappers (used by inetd) may need to do reverse
lookups. I don't know if /etc/resolv.conf is consulted only or if the
lookup defaults back to /etc/hosts.
-Robert
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