host.conf help

[mychl]

Could someone please let me know the exact wording of the allow all line that I need to put in the host.conf file so that I can access web pages. I finally got my modem working and would like to get to the web.

Thanks in advance.

[bdl]

What you're looking to do is verify that you've got a properly configured DNS that can map addresses to names, and you'll need to look in two places: /etc/host.conf and /etc/resolv.conf. Your host.conf file simply gives the order in which the resolver looks up adresses, whereas resolv.conf is a list of nameservers to use for said purpose. You'll have to know what DNS servers your ISP allows you access to , and stick em in resolv.conf, then make sure host.conf has a rule to use DNS. They should look something like this:

## /etc/host.conf
## 08MAR01
## YMMV

order hosts,bind

## eof


## /etc/resolv.conf
## 08MAR01
## YMMV
## Please insert your ISP's DNS servers instead of the adresses given here.

nameserver 192.168.1.1
nameserver 192.168.1.2

# eof

Please check out the DNS HOW-TO (http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/DNS-HOWTO.html) for information on setting up your own DNS server and do a 'man resolv.conf' and 'man host.conf' for specifics. Luck!

[soleblazer]

Should have something like:

order hosts,bind
multi on

Make sure you either have valid dns names to ip address mappings in your hosts file or you specify a nameserver in your resolv.conf file. Resolv.conf should look like this:

domain yourdomain.com
nameserver xx.xxx.xx.xxx
nameserver xx.xxx.x.xxx
nameserver xxx.xx.x.xx

Where the x's are your isp's dns server.

[mychl]

Thanks guys, that ought to do it. Now maybe my next post will be from my linux box... :D