Unable to start bind9

[satimis]

Hi all,

Ubuntu server 1010 64bit running as VM on Orcle Virtualbox.

I followed;
DNS (bind9) Configuration HowTo
DNS (bind9) Configuration HowTo

to config bind9. It went through w/o problem.

On restarting bind9;
# /etc/init.d/bind9 restart

 * Stopping domain name service... bind9
   ...done.
 * Starting domain name service... bind9
   ...fail!

$ tail /var/log/syslog

Jan 29 16:43:33 server1 named[2467]: /etc/bind/named.conf.local:9: unknown option 'zone'
Jan 29 16:43:33 server1 named[2467]: /etc/bind/named.conf.local:14: unknown option 'zone'
Jan 29 16:43:33 server1 named[2467]: /etc/bind/named.conf.default-zones:2: unknown option 'zone'
Jan 29 16:43:33 server1 named[2467]: /etc/bind/named.conf.default-zones:10: unknown option 'zone'
Jan 29 16:43:33 server1 named[2467]: /etc/bind/named.conf.default-zones:15: unknown option 'zone'
Jan 29 16:43:33 server1 named[2467]: /etc/bind/named.conf.default-zones:20: unknown option 'zone'
Jan 29 16:43:33 server1 named[2467]: /etc/bind/named.conf.default-zones:25: unknown option 'zone'
Jan 29 16:43:33 server1 named[2467]: /etc/bind/named.conf:12: '}' expected near end of file
Jan 29 16:43:33 server1 named[2467]: loading configuration: unexpected token
Jan 29 16:43:33 server1 named[2467]: exiting (due to fatal error)

$ cat /etc/bind/named.conf.local

//
// Do any local configuration here
//

// Consider adding the 1918 zones here, if they are not used in your
// organization
//include "/etc/bind/zones.rfc1918";

zone "server1.domain.com" {
        type master;
        file "/etc/bind/zones/server1.domain.com.db";
};

zone "0.168.192.in-addr.arpa" {
        type master;
        file "/etc/bind/zones/rev.0.168.192.in-addr.arpa";
};

Pls help. TIA

B.R.
satimis

[Lazydog]

You have errors in the following files:

named.conf
named.conf.local
named.conf.default-zones

You could run named-checkconf and named-checkzone to check your files for errors. Read the MAN pages on how to use them.

[satimis]

You have errors in the following files:

named.conf
named.conf.local
named.conf.default-zones

You could run named-checkconf and named-checkzone to check your files for errors. Read the MAN pages on how to use them.

Hi Robert,

On file /etc/bind/named.conf.options;

After changing the line

allow-recursion { 127.0.0.1; 192.168.24.0/24;

as;
allow-recursion { 127.0.0.1; 192.168.24.0/24; };
[/code]

Now bind9 can be started. Thanks

B.R.
satimis