Computer Happy Funtime!

[azurelunatic]

In our last update about the computers in my Server Admin lab project, I merrily assured everyone that the graphical user interface was hosed, but we were working on repairs.

I missed the last lab of 2003, and therefore got to miss three hours (or so) of the class's sharpest minds boiling over the poor computer, the utter failure to salvage anything from the installation, and the subsequent wipe and reinstall of Red Hat.

Soooo... looks like I'll be revisiting my little DNS exploits happy fun tomorrow. Joyyyy. This was what wibbble referred to as "the Black Arts," unless my memory utterly fails me.

Ah, well. It's less painful the second time, unless it's slamming one's nose in the kitchen door repeatedly, in which case it does not hurt less the second time, even if one does happen to be That Idiot Shawn.

Comments

[wibbble]

*grins*

It can be a black art.

I've looked into simple BIND config, and it's not too bad. But then you see people talking about real-live type configurations and it looks like something that would cause my brain to explode.

pfui.

[popefelix.livejournal.com]

DNS is not hard. Don't worry about wierd and goofy shit unless you really, really, need the wierd and goofy shit, and chances are, you probably don't. Just put periods after your FQDNs in your host files, and you'll be fine. Call or IM if you need a hand.

Re: pfui.

[azurelunatic]

If the going gets tough, the tough go on LJ and whine.

[azurelunatic]

This, fortunately, is simple.

Unfortunately, I've lost my textbook, so I'm piecing together what I need to do from online bits, and seeing what happens.