bind not working

[mrjoli021]

I am trying to setup a bind server, I update the root.named file but in my resolv.conf file when I tell it to use 127.0.0.1 or my local ip address and try to ping google it says unknown host.

named.conf

//
// named.conf
//
// Provided by Red Hat bind package to configure the ISC BIND named(8) DNS
// server as a caching only nameserver (as a localhost DNS resolver only).
//
// See /usr/share/doc/bind*/sample/ for example named configuration files.
//

options {
listen-on port 53 { 127.0.0.1; };
// listen-on-v6 port 53 { ::1; };
directory "/var/named";
dump-file "/var/named/data/cache_dump.db";
statistics-file "/var/named/data/named_stats.txt";
memstatistics-file "/var/named/data/named_mem_stats.txt";
allow-query { localhost;10.105.21.0/24; };
recursion yes;

dnssec-enable yes;
dnssec-validation yes;
dnssec-lookaside auto;
};
//logging {
//channel default_debug {
//file "data/named.run";
//severity dynamic;
//};
//};

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

[abarclay]

What Operating System is this?
Where is that named.conf
After you run bind, is anything written to /var/log/messages?

Assuming it's RedHat or CentOs, then you should check /etc/sysconfig/named and make sure you aren't trying to run chroot'd.

Assuming you are not running chrooted, and further assuming that the file above is /etc/named.conf

Does it work if you remove the dnssec stuff?

When I try this on my server, it works without the dnssec. With the dnssec stuff, it throws a syntax error. That may be that my version of bind is older than yours.

Are you running iptables? If so, try testing your config after shutting down iptables (/etc/init.d/iptables stop)