HP-UX primary internal DNS, with Windows 2000 server as a secondary

[Kathleen]

Does anyone have any hints on how to set this up? I saw some posts realted to NT and Linux but not Unix and W2000 specifically. Thanks in advance.

[Stuart Browne]

Under most unicies, the DNS search order is controlled by the /etc/resolv.conf. You've not said what platform you're wanting to use this on however.

Simply put, /etc/resolv.conf:

nameserver
nameserver
search

should suffice.

[Steven E. Protter]

HP-UX does it like any other unix system. You set up the zone files in /var/named. I'll attach an example.


Windows has a GUI and you need to enter the exact same DNS information into it. There might be a feature for importing Unix files, I don't know.

Then you set the HP box as primary dns in the client and the Windows box as secondary.


See example of a zone file that is no longer on my server.

SEP

[Kathleen]

So there is nothing that can be done only on the HP-UX box or windows box itself to make it viewed as secondary? Or will the resolv.conf do the trick?

[Steven E. Protter]

Kathleen,

Your final post is not correct.

Here is a cookbook that says how to set up HP-UX as a secondary DNS server. The primary CAN be a windows box, its just a PITA to get certain necessary information from the Windows Server.

http://docs.hp.com/cgi-bin/fsearch/framedisplay?top=/hpux/onlinedocs/J2776-90008/J2776-90008_top.html&con=/hpux/onlinedocs/J2776-90008/00/00/17-con.html&toc=/hpux/onlinedocs/J2776-90008/00/00/17-toc.html&searchterms=configuration%7csecondary%7cDNS&queryid=2003987-104546

SEP