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Date:      Thu, 29 Apr 1999 13:55:46 -0400
From:      John.Shue@symmetron.com (John A. Shue)
To:        <davebullock@dwindledistribution.com>, <questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   RE: named
Message-ID:  <000501be9269$8263c2f0$02baefce@mail.symmetron.com>
In-Reply-To: <9904299254.AA925407555@mailhost.worldind.com>

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I think that your directory line in named.boot shouldn't end with a slash.

Try:

directory /etc/namedb

as the first line of your named.boot file.

-john
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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of
davebullock@dwindledistribution.com
Sent: Thursday, April 29, 1999 2:48 PM
To: questions@freebsd.org
Subject: named



I am having trouble setting up named.  The error message is as follows:

Apr 27 17:17:25 eqp2 named[26555]: starting.  named 8.1.2 Mon Feb 15 10:10:31
GMT 1999  jkh@usw3.freebsd.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/usr.sbin/named
Apr 27 17:17:25 eqp2 named[26555]: /etc/namedb/named.boot:1: syntax error near
directory
Apr 27 17:17:25 eqp2 named[26556]: Ready to answer queries.

I am following the instuictions in the book but they don't seem to remedy the
problem... what am i doing worng.

here is my db.eecue.com file:

eecue.com.         IN SOA    eQP2.eecue.com. root.eecue.com. (
                19990422511
                86400
                7200
                8640000
                86400  )

eQP2            IN      A       209.150.72.59
video           IN      A       90.0.0.25

                IN      NS      ns
                IN      NS      ns1

ns              IN      A       209.150.72.59
ns1             IN      A       207.67.168.40

                IN      MX      50 eQP2.eecue.com.
                IN      MX      100 mal.cyberg8t.com.
 
here is eecue-reverse:


/*
zone "eecue.com" {
        type slave;
        file "db.eecue.com";
        masters {
                207.67.168.40;
        };
};

zone "168.67.207.in-addr.arpa" {
        type slave;
        file "172.68.207.in-addr.arpa.bak";
        masters {
                209.150.72.59;
        };
};
*/

here is named.boot:

directory       /etc/namedb/
;type           domain                  source host/file        backup file
cache           .                                               named.root
primary         eecue.com               db.eecue.com
primary         72.150.209.IN-ADDR.ARPA eecue-reverse
forwarders      207.67.168.40 207.67.172.150

here is named.conf:

// $Id: named.conf,v 1.2 1998/05/11 11:26:28 peter Exp $
//
// Refer to the named(8) man page for details.  If you are ever going
// to setup a primary server, make sure you've understood the hairy
// details of how DNS is working.  Even with simple mistakes, you can
// break connectivity for affected parties, or cause huge amount of
// useless Internet traffic.

options {
        directory "/etc/namedb";

// In addition to the "forwarders" clause, you can force your name
// server to never initiate queries of its own, but always ask its
// forwarders only, by enabling the following line:
//
      forward only;

// If you've got a DNS server around at your upstream provider, enter
// its IP address here, and enable the line below.  This will make you
// benefit from its cache, thus reduce overall DNS traffic in the Internet.

        forwarders {
                207.67.168.40;
        };

        /*
         * If there is a firewall between you and nameservers you want
         * to talk to, you might need to uncomment the query-source
         * directive below.  Previous versions of BIND always asked
         * questions using port 53, but BIND 8.1 uses an unprivileged
         * port by default.
         */
         query-source address * port 53;
};
/*
// Note: the following will be supported in a future release.

host { any; } {
        topology {
                127.0.0.0/8;
        };
};
*/
host { any; } {
        topology {
                127.0.0.0/8;
        };
};
*/

// Setting up secondaries is way easier and the rough picture for this
// is explained below.
//
// If you enable a local name server, don't forget to enter 127.0.0.1
// into your /etc/resolv.conf so this server will be queried first.
// Also, make sure to enable it in /etc/rc.conf.
/*
zone "." {
        type hint;
        file "named.root";
};

zone "72.150.209.IN-ADDR.ARPA" {
        type master;
        file "localhost.rev";
};
*/
// NB: Do not use the IP addresses below, they are faked, and only
// serve demonstration/documentation purposes!
//
// Example secondary config entries.  It can be convenient to become
// a secondary at least for the zone where your own domain is in.  Ask
// your network administrator for the IP address of the responsible
// primary.
//
// Never forget to include the reverse lookup (IN-ADDR.ARPA) zone!
// (This is the first bytes of the respective IP address, in reverse
// order, with ".IN-ADDR.ARPA" appended.)
//
// Before starting to setup a primary zone, better make sure you fully
// understand how DNS and BIND works, however.  There are sometimes
// unobvious pitfalls.  Setting up a secondary is comparably simpler.
//
// NB: Don't blindly enable the examples below. :-)  Use actual names
// and addresses instead.

/*
zone "eecue.com" {
        type slave;
        file "db.eecue.com";
        masters {
                207.67.168.40;
        };
};

zone "168.67.207.in-addr.arpa" {
        type slave;
        file "172.68.207.in-addr.arpa.bak";
        masters {
                209.150.72.59;
        };
};
*/



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