DNS and subdomain

efm · 11-13-2006, 01:34 AM

hello,
I have SuSE 10 running on my computer,
i want to set up a domain: faizalita.org, and a subdomain:
dnstest.faizalita.org
when i done setting the named.conf and the zone file,
faizalita.org and dnstest.faizalita.org are accessible through nslookup,
but i can't ping them,
and i can't use apache2 to access both. (i have set the virtual host for
the apache)

what should i do? do i have to open some firewall ports? do i have
to use the reverse file? please give me suggestion,

thank you

faizal

chort · 11-13-2006, 02:05 AM

You need to actually assign the IP addresses to an interface with the ifconfig command.

efm · 11-13-2006, 02:20 AM

ifconfig?

hmm...i though i just have to do something with named.conf and its zone file,
well, this is what i wrote in named.conf:

Code:

zone "faizalita.org" in {
	type master;
	file "faizalita.org.zone";
};

and here is the zonefile faizalita.org.zone:

Code:

$TTL 1W
ORIGIN faizalita.org.
@		IN SOA	ns1.faizalita.org. admin.faizalita.org. (
				42		; serial (d. adams)
				2D		; refresh
				4H		; retry
				6W		; expiry
				1W )		; minimum

		IN NS		ns1.faizalita.org
		IN A		192.168.1.253
dnstest         IN A            192.168.1.253
ns1             IN A            192.168.1.253

and here is from vhost.conf (apache virtual host)

Code:

<VirtualHost *>
  ServerName faizalita.org
  DocumentRoot /data/http/main/
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *>
  ServerName dnstest.faizalita.org
  DocumentRoot /data/http/dnstest/
</VirtualHost>

but it doesn't work.

scowles · 11-13-2006, 05:34 AM

I don't see anything wrong with your zone file.

1) Does IP address 192.168.1.253 exist?
2) Does /etc/resolv.conf point to 192.168.1.253?
3) Do all hosts on your network point to 192.168.1.253 for DNS resolution?
4) Is apache started?
5) Use "dig" instead of nslookup to test DNS server

Code:

 dig @192.168.1.253 faizalita.org ns

If you can ping by IP address, then check resolv.conf. If you are unable to ping by ip address, then check ifconfig and firewall settings.

BTW: Your use of the term sub-domain is incorrect. A sub-domain would have a delegation record (ns records) added to the faizalita.org zone that point to dnstest.faizalita.org -and- your named.conf file would load the zone dnstest.faizalita.org in addition to faizalita.org. In your example, all you have done is created an address record within the faizalita.org domain. ie dnstest.faizalita.org, not something like www.dnstest.faizalita.org Which, for the purpose of your test is fine.

jaz_comp · 11-13-2006, 11:45 PM

Hi,

As per your zone file there is no a record for your domain faizalita.org. please add one aA record and then try. i hope it will solve your problem.

Regards

Jaz

scowles · 11-14-2006, 05:26 AM

Actually, the OP does have the A record for faizalita.org in the zone file. It's the one after the NS record.

Long pause...

After running named-checkzone against the zone file, the ORIGIN statement is incorrect (needs to be $ORIGIN).

UhhMaybe · 08-06-2007, 12:51 AM

Hello friend, please try http://www.wiki.com for general clarification. http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/howtos.html for tutorials and assistance with Linux systems modifications and learning curve difficulties.