Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 23:04:07 -0400 (EDT) From: Cliff Addy <fbsdlist@federation.addy.com> To: Dan Busarow <dan@dpcsys.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DNS setup problem, "Can't find server name" Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.990923225448.4580A-100000@federation.addy.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990923160125.26720P-100000@java.dpcsys.com>
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On Thu, 23 Sep 1999, Dan Busarow wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Sep 1999, Cliff Addy wrote:
> > Actually, I think I may have found it. The new named *insists* that
> > certain files be located in /etc/namedb, even if named.conf tells it to
>
> No it doesn't. My zone files and named.conf are in
> /usr/local/lib/named and everything works fine. You can also
> give the hints file any name you want. named.conf controls
> all. You _do_ need to tell named where to find named.conf if it's
> not in /etc/namedb by using the -b /path/to/named.conf flag.
Well, that's precisely what I *had* set up. It was finding the named.conf
fine, with this at the top:
options {
directory "/etc/named.data";
listen-on { 207.239.68.71; };
};
However, the error logs stated it could not find localhost.rev. I created
one in /etc/named.data, but the same message showed up. ONLY when I moved
it to /etc/namedb did the message disappear. According to what I
understand of named, the option above should have kept it from looking
anywhere but /etc/named.data
So, then I moved all my other conf files into named.data and voila, all
worked fine. Just out of curiousity, which version of named/bind are you
using? The old system is only a few months old and did not even want/need
this "localhost.rev" file and worked fine with the identical directory
structure I was originally using on the new box. I'm thinking this
prediliction for /etc/namedb is unique to one version.
Cliff
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