bcostacurta

Hello,
I have the following bind9 configuration, and I'm trying to resolve reverse lookup IP address to name.

$ttl 38400
mydomain.org. IN SOA myhosting.com. (
1243281304
10800
3600
604800
38400 )
mydomain.org. IN NS xxx.myhosting.com.
mydomain.org. IN A 1.2.3.4
mail.mydomain.org. IN MX 10 mail.mydomain.org.
www IN CNAME mydomain.org.
ftp IN CNAME mydomain.org.
1.2.3.4 IN PTR mydomain.org.


I had the PTR value for reverse lookup

nslookup - localhost

> 1.2.3.4
Server: localhost
Address: 127.0.0.1#53

** server can't find 1.2.3.4.in-addr.arpa: NXDOMAIN

Is my PTR wrong, or what do I need to have the reverse lookup working ?

Note: I replace real IP by 1.2.3.4, same for my domain name.

Bye,
Bruno

Lazydog

You nee to create a reverse zone and place your reverse lookup in there.

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bcostacurta

I created the reverse zone. Now it works but for the master only.

nslookup - localhost
> 1.2.3.4
Server: localhost
Address: 127.0.0.1#53

4.3.2.1.in-addr.arpa name = costacurta.org.

But now to notify the slave server ?
I tried the following but it doesn't seems to work :

zone "3.2.1.in-addr.arpa" IN {
type master;
file "/etc/bind/rev.3.2.1.in-addr.arpa";
also-notify {
1.2.3.99;
};
notify yes;
};

I used same syntax for the non-reverse and it works fine.
May the syntax be different for reverse-zone ?
Or other reason like serial value, or delays for slave to being updated ?
I have no access to the slave DNS hosted by my provider.

Thanks for your experience and clarification.

Bye,
Bruno

Lazydog

Who is hosting your slave server? If it's your ISP then they most likely already have a reverse zone for the address in question. I would contact them and ask if they do. If they do not you could then ask them why you cannot push your reverse zone to them.

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bcostacurta

Hummm...indeed this might be the reason.
I contacted my ISP and wait for his feedback about this reverse lookup problem.

Bye,
Bruno