Can't get bind9 configuration ok on Ubuntu 8.04

havan · 11-26-2008, 04:25 AM

Hello,

I've read many how-to's about Bind configuration in last two days. I've installed and configured bind but I can't get correct answer from it.

I get the following answer when I "dig somedomain.net @192.168.97.100" from any machine on local network.

Code:

# dig somedomain.net @192.168.97.100

; <<>> DiG 9.4.2-P2 <<>> somedomain.net @192.168.97.100
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: SERVFAIL, id: 63224
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;somedomain.net.            IN      A

;; Query time: 0 msec
;; SERVER: 192.168.97.100#53(192.168.97.100)
;; WHEN: Wed Nov 26 10:17:44 2008
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 36

Code:

# nslookup somedomain.net.
Server:         192.168.97.100
Address:        192.168.97.100#53

** server can't find somedomain.net: SERVFAIL

What am I doing wrong here?

Here are my configuration files;

Code:

# cat /etc/bind/zones/somedomain.net.db
// replace example.com with your domain name. do not forget the . after the domain name!
// Also, replace ns1 with the name of your DNS server
somedomain.net.      IN      SOA     stargate.somedomain.net. admin.somedomain.net. (
// Do not modify the following lines!
                                                        2006081401
                                                        28800
                                                        3600
                                                        604800
                                                        38400
 )

// Replace the following line as necessary:
// ns1 = DNS Server name
// mta = mail server name
// example.com = domain name
somedomain.net.      IN      NS              stargate.somedomain.net.
#somedomain.net.      IN      MX     10       mail.somedomain.net.

// Replace the IP address with the right IP addresses.
www                 IN      A       192.168.97.112
mail                IN      A       192.168.97.115
stargate            IN      A       192.168.97.100
galactica           IN      A       192.168.97.112
caprica             IN      A       192.168.97.113
pegasus             IN      A       192.168.97.114
celestra            IN      A       192.168.97.116
zimbra              IN      A       192.168.97.115

Code:

# 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";

# This is the zone definition. replace example.com with your domain name
zone "somedomain.net" {
        type master;
        file "/etc/bind/zones/somedomain.net.db";
        };

# This is the zone definition for reverse DNS. replace 0.168.192 with your network address in reverse notation - e.g my network address is 192.168.0
# Bizim adres 192.168.97.100 buna göre 97.168.192 olacak herhalde.
zone "97.168.192.in-addr.arpa" {
     type master;
     file "/etc/bind/zones/rev.97.168.192.in-addr.arpa";
};

Thanks in advance for any/all suggestions/information...

datopdog · 11-27-2008, 02:21 AM

Add this

Code:

@  IN ip_address ;the ip address you want somedomain.net. to resolve to

chort · 11-30-2008, 02:08 PM

While comments in BIND configuration files (such as named.conf) may be in C (/* */), C++ (//), or shell (#) format, comments in the actual zone file need to begin with a semi-colon (;). I'm betting if you check your logs you will find a whole bunch of syntax errors with your zone file, which would cause it to not load correctly.