Re: Any GNU/Linux Gurus. Need Help

On 7/19/26 15:55, Carlos E. R. wrote:
> On 2026-07-19 04:20, Leroy H wrote:
>> On 19 Jul 2026 01:31:39 GMT, rbowman wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Perhaps you shouldn't have tried to set up DNS caching.
>>>
>>
>> I have been using pdnsd for a L-O-N-G time and there has never
>> been a problem until recently and then only with security
>> on commercial payment sites.
>>
>> Pdnsd allows me avoid the web tracking of ISP nameservers
>> by directly querying the top-level root nameservers.
>>
>> The web site for pdnsd seems down but there is very recent
>> information on ArchLinux:
>>
>> <https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Pdnsd>
>>
> 
> 
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pdnsd>
> 
> Says last stable version was 14 years ago.
> 
> You could be using a current thing like dnsmasq. Even bind.
> 
>>
>> I will get this debugged.  Right now it is not urgent but
>> I will dig into it.  IP has not changed and will not change.
>> Therefore the pdnsd code will remain viable even without
>> an active maintainer.
>>
>> If not, I can always temporarily, as needed, resort to dhcpcd
>> with OpenDNS.

   Some, for fun or ego, will try to de-bug
   this kind of mess.

   However, regular Joe users, just SWITCH
   DISTROS.

   I'm now way too old to spend hours/days/weeks
   trying to get around some bit of SHIT in a
   distro. When I was young, when Linux came
   on floppies, yea. But now .....

   Arch, like all, has its plusses and minuses.
   Of late I've experienced more minuses than
   plusses however.

   Moved all my boxes to MX. It *Just Works*

   For SOME special apps, like 'servers', DO
   look into the BSDs. Behind the curve, but
   sometimes that's not a BAD thing.