From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Apr 12 14: 4:10 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from verdi.nethelp.no (verdi.nethelp.no [158.36.41.162]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D2D0614E13 for ; Mon, 12 Apr 1999 14:04:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sthaug@nethelp.no) Received: (qmail 69941 invoked by uid 1001); 12 Apr 1999 21:01:44 +0000 (GMT) To: jehrenkrantz@www.whyy.org Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrade -namedb problem From: sthaug@nethelp.no In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 12 Apr 1999 16:53:12 -0400 (EDT)" References: X-Mailer: Mew version 1.05+ on Emacs 19.34.2 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 23:01:43 +0200 Message-ID: <69939.923950903@verdi.nethelp.no> Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > HI all I have just slamed into the wall. I upgraded a 2.2.7 system to > 3.1release and now the named.conf file is rejected by named ... Apr 12 > 16:31:08 unix1 named[744]: starting. named 8.1.2 Mon Feb 15 10:10:31 GMd > Apr 12 16:31:08 unix1 named[744]: /etc/namedb/named.conf:1: syntax error > near ; Apr 12 16:31:08 unix1 named[745]: Ready to answer quries I get the > syntax error on a file that has been running for months. > Can any one help out? Sounds like you have simply *renamed* your 4.9.x named.boot to named.conf. Doesn't work. It needs to be *converted* - run /usr/sbin/named-bootconf (which is a Perl script). Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message