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Operating Systems Solaris DNS client - what exactly it is Post 302963795 by javanoob on Wednesday 6th of January 2016 10:33:13 AM
Old 01-06-2016
DNS client - what exactly it is

Hi all,

I always thought DNS server = provide DNS response (host to ip / ip to host) to DNS client (which send DNS resolve request).

So in my solaris 10 box, i setup /etc/resolv/conf, /etc/nsswitch.conf (added in dns) etc.

Yes, i am able to dig and nslookup. But.. am i a DNS client ?

Code:
svcs -a | grep dns
disabled svc:/network/dns/client:default
disabled svc:/network/dns/server:default

================================

DNS client service is disabled and yet i am sending DNS request to be resolved successfully.

Am i a DNS client ? what does the DNS client service actually does ?

Confused Noob.

Last edited by DukeNuke2; 01-06-2016 at 03:58 PM..
 

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ipa-server-install - Configure an IPA server SYNOPSIS
ipa-server-install [OPTION]... DESCRIPTION
Configures the services needed by an IPA server. This includes setting up a Kerberos Key Distribution Center (KDC) and a Kadmin daemon with an LDAP back-end, configuring Apache, configuring NTP and optionally configuring and starting an LDAP-backed DNS server. By default a dog- tag-based CA will be configured to issue server certificates. OPTIONS
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