Name Server NightMare, Plz HELP!

03-04-2005	#1 (permalink)
eckertc1 Just Joined! Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 6	Name Server NightMare, Plz HELP! im setting up a DNS for my domains to run on my own apache server. here is my zone file: $TTL 86400 @ IN SOA mydomain.com. hostmaster.mydomail.com. ( 00023 3H 15M 1W 1D ) ; Name Servers IN NS ns1.mydomain.com. IN NS ns2.mydomain.com. ; CNAME www.mydomain.com. IN CNAME www.mydomain.com. ; Public ns1 IN A 127.0.0.1 ns2 IN A 127.0.0.1 www IN A xx.x.xxx.xxx well there is the file. now here is the log report: loading configuration from '/etc/named.conf' no IPv6 interfaces found dns_master_load: mydomain.zone:20 www.mydomain.com: CNAME and other data zone mydomain.com/IN: loading master file mydomain.zone: CNAME and other data when i try to ping www.mydomain.com it returns this: Ping: unknown host www.mydomain.com any advice on this would be very helpfull, im at my witts end with this thing.

03-04-2005	#2 (permalink)
swemic Linux Enthusiast Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: SE, Stockholm Posts: 512	Ok I made a few changes to your SOA and NS definitions Code: $ORIGIN . $TTL 86400 @ IN SOA mydomain.com. hostmaster.mydomain.com. ( 2005030401 3H 15M 1W 1D ) ; Name Servers NS ns1.mydomain.com. NS ns2.mydomain.com. $ORIGIN mydomain.com. ; Public ns1 A nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn <- Should be yout servers IP ns2 A nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn <- Should be your servers IP www A xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx First of all, there is no point of creating a CNAME that is eq to the A record. But more important, your nameserver can't be 127.0.0.1, how would the rest of the world find you? The IP should be your external IP. A small suggestion, but it's just my $.05 oppinion, when you set the serial number of your SOA, keep a good numbering system so you really can trouble shoot your config in an easy maner. My principle is that I use the date of today, with a postfix of NN, which would representate the number of changes I made during this day. Also make shure that you spell everything correctly, otherwise you will end up in trouble. Finaly, how about your "/etc/named.conf" file? How have you configured that one?

03-04-2005	#3 (permalink)
eckertc1 Just Joined! Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 6	thank you VERY much for your input. im giving this a try right now and well see how it goes

03-04-2005	#4 (permalink)
eckertc1 Just Joined! Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 6	ok i tried what was suggested and i got all kinds of out-of-zone errors. then i removed the $ORIGIN tag and most went away, not sure why. anyway what i am left with is these three things in the log file: 1. no IPv6 interfaces found 2. zone mydomain.com/IN: loaded serial 1 3. zone insomniabox.com/IN: sending notifies (serial 1) and i still cannot ping www.mydomain.com any ideas?

03-04-2005	#5 (permalink)
swemic Linux Enthusiast Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: SE, Stockholm Posts: 512	Could you please cut and paste /etc/named.conf and your SOA file here (usually /var/named/<your-own-file-name-defined-in-named.conf>)

03-05-2005

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eckertc1

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sure, here is what i have at present.

(named.conf):

Code:

options {
directory "/var/named"; }

controls {
inet 127.0.0.1 allow { localhost; } keys { rndckey; };
};

zone "." IN {
type hint;
file "named.ca";
}

zone "localhost" IN {
type master;
file "localhost.zone";
allow-update { none; };
};

zone "mydomain.com" IN {
type master;
file "mydomain.zone";
allow-update { none; };
};

zone "0.0.127.in-addr.arpa" IN {
type master;
file "named.local";
allow-update { none; };
};

include "/etc/rndc.key";

and here is the other file
(mydomain.zone)

Code:

$TTL 86400 
$ORIGIN localhost.
@   SOA  mydomain.com. root.mydomain.com. (
 			       420012
				3H
				15M
				1W
				1D
                                      )
                        NS      ns1.mydomain.com.
			 NS      ns2.mydomain.com.
                        A       xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx 
ftp                     CNAME   mydomain.com.
mail                    CNAME   mydomain.com.
ns                      CNAME   mydomain.com.
www                     CNAME   mydomain.com.

03-05-2005	#7 (permalink)
swemic Linux Enthusiast Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: SE, Stockholm Posts: 512	Ok! I did just answer this in another thread. http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/topic-35928.html It do looks like you have it wuite correct, but try the changes I suggested in the other thread, and do the testings I suggested as well. DNS as service is quite a distinct on how it works. If your domain is not configured in Root DNS servers, you shall/should keep your domain as a local domain, and all client should point to your DNS server only!