Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1999 09:14:19 -0700 (PDT) From: Dan Busarow <dan@dpcsys.com> To: Cliff Addy <fbsdlist@federation.addy.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DNS setup problem, "Can't find server name" Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990924090403.25810A-100000@java.dpcsys.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.990923225448.4580A-100000@federation.addy.com>
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On Thu, 23 Sep 1999, Cliff Addy wrote:
> 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
That would make me suspicious. My zone file for 0.0.127.in-addr.arpa
is db.127.0.0
Only place I've seen localhost.rev is in the FBSD *default* named.[boot|conf]
files. I'll bet named was never reading your named.conf file at all.
> 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
Using absolute paths you can tell it to look elsewhere, but basically
you're right.
> 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.
I'm using 8.2.1
What do you have for named_flags in /etc/rc.conf ?
Dan
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