[COLUG] Local DNS configuration

[Rob Funk]

Bill Baker wrote:
> Okay, for "local.bakerlocal" I got:
> Host local.bakerlocal not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)
>
> Is that what you mean, or should I be looking for a different result?

That's what I mean.  That should mean it's OK to pick.  Then you would 
name your machines like "winxp.local.bakerlocal".

> Because I got the same result from localhost.localdomain and just plain
> localdomain.

Yeah, that's one reason I recommended picking a two-level domain.  
Top-level domains don't seem to have SOA records to check for.  I'm not 
enough of a DNS guru to understand why.

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