[ale] named and DNS HOWTO

[Jim Popovitch]

BTW, don't forget to increment the serial number after each edit before you
restart named.

----- Original Message -----
 From: David S. Jackson <dsj at dsj.net>
To: <ale at ale.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 1999 5:29 PM
Subject: [ale] named and DNS HOWTO


> I'm just beginning to configure named according to the DNS HOWTO.  I
> just created a dsj.net zone file, but when I restart named I get the
> following error:
>
> ****SNIP****
> Jun 23 17:16:21 sylvester named[24505]: dsj.net: Line 19: Unknown
> type: mail.
> Jun 23 17:16:21 sylvester named[24505]: dsj.net:19: Database error
> (mail)
> Jun 23 17:16:21 sylvester named[24505]: Zone "dsj.net" (file dsj.net):
> no SOA RR found
> Jun 23 17:16:21 sylvester named[24505]: master zone "dsj.net" (IN)
> rejected due to errors (serial 0)
> Jun 23 17:16:21 sylvester named[24505]: listening on [127.0.0.1].53
> (lo)
> Jun 23 17:16:21 sylvester named[24505]: listening on
> [192.168.1.100].53 (eth0)
> Jun 23 17:16:21 sylvester named[24505]: listening on [10.0.0.1].53
> (sl0)
> Jun 23 17:16:21 sylvester named[24505]: listening on
> [208.148.155.228].53 (ppp0)
> Jun 23 17:16:21 sylvester named[24505]: Forwarding source address is
> [127.0.0.1].1469
> Jun 23 17:16:21 sylvester named[24506]: Ready to answer queries.
> ****SNIP****
>
> Note, I'm using diald, so my eth0 isn't always up.  Here's myu dsj.net
> zone file:
>
> ****SNIP********
>    ;
>    ;    This is the preliminary dsj.net zone file
>    ;
>    @    N      SOA     ns.dsj.net. hostmaster.dsj.net. (
>                           199906231       ; serial, todays date +
>                                           ; todays serial
> #
>                           8H              ; refresh, seconds
>                           2H              ; retry, seconds
>                           1W              ; expire, seconds
>                           1D )            ; minimum, seconds
>   ;
>                   NS      ns            ; Inet Address of name server
>                   MX      10 sylvester.dsj.net. ; Primary Mail Exchanger
>                   MX      20 puddin.dsj.net.    ; Secondary Mail Exchanger
>   ;
>   localhost       A     127.0.0.1
>   ns              A     192.168.1.100
>   mail            A     192.168.1.100
> *****SNIP*******
>
> Any help as to what is causing my error would be much appreciated!
>
> TIA!
>
> --
> David S. Jackson                           http://www.dsj.net
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