Thanks for everyone's input, I think my named server is working quite well now! This list is fantastic! BTW, the first time I posted, my spam filter ate the e-mail and all the responses. After I posted the question the 2nd time it showed up and then I got curious as to what happened after Johnny's comment below! Lee --- Johnny Hughes <mailing-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, 2005-05-17 at 09:47 -0700, Lee Parmeter wrote: > > I started the named server on CentOS and it seems to > > resolve DNS request OK, but it does not seem to retain > the > > info for very long. From what I can tell using "dig", a > > domain's ip address is retained for less than 12 hours. > So > > in the morning, it takes 4+ seconds to resolve again > the > > first time. Is there an adjustment somewhere for this > or is > > the caching named support not enabled by default? > > > > Also, I thought it would be faster if I set named to > use my > > ISP's named server as the first choice. Where do I set > this > > up, in root.hints? > > > > Anyone who knows more about "named" please feel free to > > comment! > > > > Thanks! > > Lee > > I already sent 2 replys :) > > http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/2005-May/006003.html > > and > > http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/2005-May/006002.html > > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -- Lee Parmeter Emperor, linXos - The Flying Penguin http://www.linXos.com Linux Registered User #337161 'It's free. It works. Duh.'" - Eric Harrison The United States is NOT a democracy, it was founded as a Republic! God is not a republican or a democrat nor is His government a democracy! - Lee Parmeter Discover Yahoo! Find restaurants, movies, travel and more fun for the weekend. Check it out! http://discover.yahoo.com/weekend.html