From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Oct 31 11:44:21 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id LAA00327 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 31 Oct 1997 11:44:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from cplkagan.globaleyes.net (cplkagan.GlobalEyes.net [209.60.64.59]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id LAA00319 for ; Fri, 31 Oct 1997 11:44:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from parrothd@midwest.net) Received: from parrothd.globaleys.net (parrothd [192.0.0.29]) by cplkagan.globaleyes.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id IAA04141; Fri, 31 Oct 1997 08:41:03 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <3.0.1.32.19971031014800.006ec0b4@midwest.net> X-Sender: parrothd@midwest.net X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.1 (32) Date: Fri, 31 Oct 1997 01:48:00 -0600 To: wmcdowell@usa.net, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: "Jonathan E. Lyons" Subject: Re: named.boot problem In-Reply-To: <19971031185348.10060.qmail@db01.netaddress.usa.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk What are you using to edit the named.boot file? One of my old co-workers decided to edit named.boot with microsoft word pad and upload it, it changed the format of file, put spaces instead of tabs, really strange stuff began to happen. I allways used vi, but if this isn't the case maybe you should post your named.boot file. Later At 11:53 AM 10/31/97, wmcdowell@usa.net wrote: > >Hello, > > I'm not sure if this is the right place to email, and if not, please let me know so I can forward my question/problem to the correct person. I'm setting up a DNS server, and I'm having a problem with the named.boot file. I've tried different configurations that I found on the net, and I've also tried following the suggested setup under your "tutorials: Creating a mini DNS server". The problem I'm having is with the line that starts with: directory > >The way the line looks in the named.boot file is like this: > >directory /etc/namedb > >In the space between directory and /etc/namedb are 2 tabs. (I've also tried it with just a space). The error I keep getting is when I reboot the machine is: > >Doing additional network setup: named ns named[82]: /etc/namedb/named.boot:20: syntax error near directory > >If you need any more information, please let me know and I' >ll get back to you asap. Any help you can give me would be GREATLY appreciated. > >