DNS or Bind problems

[Chipp]

Hi i got a Domain that is suppose to direst to my server but when ever i nslookup the domain it gives me this :SERVFAILED
but when i put in the ip of the server it works
i have the following Setup on Trustix 2.2

bind 9.3.0
mysql 4.1.7
apache 2.0.52
and php 5.0.2

i tried it with webmin but as soon as i open a new zone the named.conf wont work

i wish if i can get help thanx

[wassy121]

Either named isn't running, it isn't serving the domain correctly, or you don't have your registrar pointing to the right DNS server.

Check to see if named is running:

ps auxww | grep named

To see if it is loading the zone correctly, you need to look in the messages file. I don't know where this is on Trustix.

To see if you have your registrar setup right, run a whois on the domain, and do a dig @ns.domain.com where ns.domain.com is listed in the registrar as the primary nameservers.

Best,

Samuel

[Chipp]

hi thanks samuel but the named doesnt seem to start this is what i am getting after i type

service named start

Removing chroot jail: [ OK ]
Creating chroot jail for named: [ OK ]
Starting named: ..........

and i want to know is it becuase the named.conf is not correct thanks