Turning off DNS server

[grayentropy]

Newbie here to web administration/linux. How do I turn off the DNS server on my machine ("stopping the named daemon on the server"). If I use serverbeach hosting tools do I need to have any entries in my DNS zones. (I'm using cPanel). Would a malconfigured DNS server cause email issues (I only get the error messages!)

Thanks to any one who reaches out and helps

:)

[altp]

How do I turn off the DNS server on my machine


as root: /etc/init.d/named stop

If I use serverbeach hosting tools do I need to have any entries in my DNS zones.

shouldn't.

Would a malconfigured DNS server cause email issues (I only get the error messages!)

possibly. if you have dns running your server, and its not configured properly, your machine might be looking int he wrong places to route mail and such.

if you're not using your own dns server for resolving dns queries it shouldn't be a problem though.

[grayentropy]

Thanks for the reply. I must be a moron, as logging in to the root eludes me!

I'm running ssh on Putty (windows xp)

Login: root

returns root@[Ip Address]'s password

I enter password = rootPassword

and getting access denied errors.

The same login/password works for my cPanel logged in at root

I'm also able to login with the various other login/password combos but don't have access to the root. (not a good thing)

do I need to try different SSH software?

[altp]

and getting access denied errors.

Not being able to log in to the server as root is a good thing ;-)

login as your normal user, then use the "su" command to switch to root.

alternatively, you could issue the command as your user account:

su -c'/etc/init.d named stop'

it will prompt you for the root password, but not switch you to the root user.

[grayentropy]

Thanks for Root Info It worked->EOM