Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 14:30:05 -0400 (EDT) From: CyberPeasant <djv@bedford.net> To: skovian@interpath.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD DNS Message-ID: <199808141830.OAA00591@lucy.bedford.net> In-Reply-To: <35D466C9.2F66@interpath.com> from Michael Jaskowiak at "Aug 14, 98 12:33:23 pm"
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Michael Jaskowiak wrote:
> I am trying to set up a DNS on my 10base-T network. The computers that
> I am trying to use this for are 2 SCO UnixWare and 6 FreeBSD 2.2.5
> servers. The computer that will be the DNS is FreeBSD 2.2.5. I have
> tried reading the man page for named, but I could not get it to work by
> reading that. What I have set up now is pretty much straight out of
> Greg Lehey's The Complete FreeBSD. Here is a screen shot of the error
> message that I get when I 'tail -20 /var/log/message' after I
> initialize named with 'named -b /etc/namedb/named.boot':
>
> Aug 14 12:09:30 samuel su: mike to root on /dev/ttyp0
> Aug 14 12:17:01 samuel named[490]: starting. named 4.9.6-REL Tue Oct 21
> 13:08:0
> 4 GMT 1997 jkh@time.cdrom.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/usr.sbin/named
> Aug 14 12:17:01 samuel named[490]: localhost.rev: No such file or
> directory
Is there such a file in /etc/namedb?
It should look like:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
@ IN SOA samuel.rcsal.com. mike.rcsal.com. (
1996052603 ;
360000 ;
3600 ;
3600000 ;
360000 ;
)
NS localhost.
1 PTR localhost.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
I don't see a /forward/ lookup file for localhost in named.boot.
It should (IMHO -- there are 'opinions' about this) look like:
----------------------------------------------------------------------
@ IN SOA samuel.rcsal.com. mike.rcsal.com. (
1996052606 ;
360000 ;
3600 ;
3600000 ;
604800 ;
)
NS samuel.rcsal.com.
localhost. IN A 127.0.0.1
----------------------------------------------------------------------
and be referenced in named.boot with:
primary localhost localhost
> Aug 14 12:17:01 samuel named[490]: rcsal-reverse: line 7: database
> format error
> (samuel.rcsal.com.)
Well, you didn't post the one that had the error :)
If it's at line 7, I'd suspect a missing . or somesuch nonsense
in the NS record, or maybe bogosity in the SOA.
> Aug 14 12:17:01 samuel named[490]: Zone "120.5.135.IN-ADDR.ARPA" (file
> rcsal-rev
> erse): no SOA RR found
Yup, probably a bogus SOA record. Let's have a peek?
> Aug 14 12:17:01 samuel named[490]: primary zone "120.5.135.IN-ADDR.ARPA"
> rejecte
> d due to errors (serial 1998081315)
> Aug 14 12:17:01 samuel named[491]: Ready to answer queries.
>
> I am doing this through a telnet session to the server in question. Is
> that OK? What puzzles me is the fact that I am following the example
> almost as it is writtin in the book. Here is my named.boot file:
>
> directory /etc/namedb
>
> ; type domain source host/file backup
> file
>
> cache .
> named.root
These two preceding lines are one line in the original, right?
add:
primary localhost localhost
> primary 0.0.127.IN-ADDR.ARPA localhost.rev
> primary rcsal.com db.rcsal.com
> primary 120.5.135.IN-ADDR.ARPA rcsal-reverse
>
>
> And here is my db.rcsal.com file:
>
> rcsal.com. IN SOA samuel.rcsal.com. mike.rcsal.com.
> (
> 1998081301
> 86400
> 7200
> 8640000
> 86400 )
>
>
> IN NS ns
> ns IN A 135.5.120.101
>
> data IN A 135.5.120.97
> cqdx IN A 135.5.120.100
> samuel IN A 135.5.120.101
> orville IN A 135.5.120.102
> april IN A 135.5.120.106
> freeb IN A 135.5.120.150
> ppro IN A 135.5.120.110
> bsdoscar IN A 135.5.120.151
>
> This is really getting to me. Can someone give me some hints? It is
> difficult to understand why I am having these troubles.
If you still have trouble, let me know. It's my turn in the
"named setup syntax bug" barrel, I guess.
Dave
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