Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 14:58:25 -0500 (CDT) From: "Paul T. Root" <proot@iaces.com> To: pentium@cio.net (Anthony Hoelzle) Cc: questions@freebsd.org (Questions FreeBSD) Subject: Re: named problems Message-ID: <199905101958.OAA24821@iaces.com> In-Reply-To: <37371AA5.8108EE1D@cio.net> from Anthony Hoelzle at "May 10, 99 10:43:01 am"
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In a previous message, Anthony Hoelzle said:
> ok in my named.conf, I used;
>
> zone "my.domain" {
> type master;
> file "db.my.domain";
> };
>
> if I change the part in the zone field would that work (zone
> "0.168.192.in-addr.arpa") or would it be best to just add another entry (zone
> "0.168.192.in-addr.arpa" etc.)?
Add another one. You need both forward "my.domain" and backward "0.168.192.in-addr.arpa".
> The db.my.domain file looks a lot like your example, with the exclusion of the
> PTR lines and otherdns.domain.name because I only have one DNS server and it's
> not connected to the internet.
You want both files. the db.my.domain has the machines in that domain, that
is A records and CNAME records and anyothers you need/want (txt, mx, etc).
The db.192.168.0 file contains the PTR (pointer) records that give you the
reverse address lookup. That is linking the address back to a hostname.
> also I'm assuming that anything between /* and */ in named.conf is ignored
Those are comments like C++.
>
> "Paul T. Root" wrote:
>
> > In a previous message, Anthony Hoelzle said:
> > > meaning??
> >
> > The meaning is that you need a reverse lookup
> > table in your dns.
> >
> > If you are using bind 8, then you need to
> > add to your named.conf:
> >
> > zone "0.168.192.in-addr.arpa" {
> > type master;
> > allow-transfer { any; };
> > file "p.192.168.0";
> > };
> >
> > The file name could be anything. In Bind 4, your
> > named.boot file should have
> >
> > primary 0.168.192.in-addr.arpa p.192.168.0
> >
> > again the file name is insignificant. I like to name
> > files starting with p as a primary and s as a slave.
> > Others, just call all the files db...
> >
> > Now, p.192.168.0 should look like this (at a minimum,
> > you should have ALL your machines in it).
> >
> > $ORIGIN 0.168.192.in-addr.arpa.
> > @ IN SOA hostname.domain.name. postmaster.domain.name. (
> > 1999051001 ; Serial Number
> > 1800 ; Refresh - 30 minutes
> > 900 ; Retry - 5 minutes
> > 604800 ; Expire - 1 day
> > 43200 ) ; Minimum TTL of 1 day
> > IN NS hostname.domain.name.
> > IN NS otherdns.domain.name.
> > IN MX 10 mail.domain.name.
> > ;
> > 1 IN PTR hostname.domain.name.
> > 2 IN PTR otherdns.domain.name.
> >
> > Many programs want to look up the names of machines in
> > reverse.
> >
> > > in resolv.conf, I should replace
> > > nameserver 192.168.0.1 with
> > > nameserver 127.0.0.1 or something like that??
> >
> > This treats the symptom not the cause, and assumes
> > that you have a reverse lookup set up for your
> > loop back address. Which you should also do.
> >
> > I'd also suggest getting the O'Reilly DNS & Bind
> > book. Invaluble. YOu might consider getting the
> > Ntetowrking CD bookshelf, that includes the book
> > and puts it, sendmail, TCP/IP, Firewalls and Pratical
> > Unix & Internet Security on CD with a search engine
> > built in.
> >
> > > "Paul T. Root" wrote:
> > >
> > > > In a previous message, Anthony Hoelzle said:
> > > > > I am having problems with named, I can't seem to find any problems in
> > > > > my /etc/hosts, host.conf, resolv.conf files. winblows can use the BSD
> > > > > box as a dns server, (I can ping hostname from dos etc.) but "nslookup
> > > > > hostname.domain.name" (being the server running named) gives me this
> > > > > error:
> > > > >
> > > > > *** Can't find server name for address 192.168.0.1: Timed out
> > > > > *** Default servers are not available
> > > > >
> > > > > all ideas are welcomed
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > You don't have the reverse lookup put in for 192.168.0.1 which you
> > > > undoubtably have defined in your resolv.conf file as your nameserver.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > "Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati"
> > > > "When all else fails, play dead."
> > >
> >
> > --
> > I have lived to thank God that all my prayers have not been answered.
> >
> > Jean Ingelow
>
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