here is my named.conf and the log msg. please help me solve this syntax problem.


channel my_file {
file "log.msgs";
severity dynamic;
print-category yes;
print-severity yes;
};
category resolver { my_file; };
category lame-servers { null; };
category cname { null; };
category update { null; };
category security { null; };
category default { default_syslog; };
};

view "localhost" {
match-clients {localmachine; };
recursion yes;
};

75:view "external" {
match-clients {
any;
};
recursion yes;
include "/etc/named.conf-externals";

};

include "/etc/rndc.key";

view internal {
match-clients {
!xx:xx:xx:xx;
!xx:xx:xx:xx;
internals;
};
};
server xx:xx:xx:xx; {
};
~
/etc/named.conf:75: syntax error near '}'

May 05 09:17:56.044 starting BIND 9.2.4 -g
May 05 09:17:56.045 using 1 CPU
May 05 09:17:56.067 loading configuration from '/etc/named.conf'
May 05 09:17:56.087 /etc/named.conf:75: syntax error near '}'
May 05 09:17:56.087 loading configuration: unexpected token
May 05 09:17:56.088 exiting (due to fatal error)
Error in configuration file /etc/named.conf :

Is this the complete file? You get an error in line 75, but you posted only 39 lines. Anyway there is a closing bracket that doesn't match an opening one:

You have an extra curly bracket after "category default { default_syslog; };"

colucix got there before me.

hello guys, i have posted the whole named.conf file, and the errors i m getting please help me !!!

acl slaves {

xx.xx.xx.xx;
xx.xx.xx.xx;

};

acl ns2internal {
xx.xx.xx.xx;
};

acl ns2external {
xx.xx.xx.xx;
xx.xx.xx.xx;
};

acl internals {
xx.xx.xx.xx/29;
};

acl localmachine {
127.0.0.1;
xx.xx.xx.xx;
xx.xx.xx.xx;
xx.xx.xx.xx;
};

options {
directory "/var/named";
query-source address * port 53;
allow-transfer {
slaves;
};
forwarders {
xx.xx.xx.xx;
xx.xx.xx.xx;
};
};

controls {
inet 127.0.0.1 allow { localhost; } keys { rndckey; };
};

logging {
channel my_file {
file "log.msgs";
severity dynamic;
print-category yes;
print-severity yes;
};
category resolver { my_file; };
category lame-servers { null; };
category cname { null; };
category update { null; };
category security { null; };
category default { default_syslog; };

view "localhost" {
match-clients {localmachine; };
recursion yes;
};


view "external" {

match-clients {
any;
};
recursion yes;
include "/etc/named.conf-externals";

};

include "/etc/rndc.key";
view internal {
match-clients {
!xx.xx.xx.xx;
!xx.xx.xx.xx;
internals;
};
};
server xx.xx.xx.xx; {
};


Stopping named:
Starting named: /etc/named.conf:69: unknown option 'view'
/etc/named.conf:75: unknown option 'view'
/etc/rndc.key:1: unknown option 'key'
/etc/named.conf:86: unknown option 'view'
/etc/named.conf:93: unknown option 'server'
/etc/named.conf:93: unknown option 'xx.xx.xx.xx'
/etc/named.conf:95: '}' expected near end of file

May 06 13:33:00.800 starting BIND 9.2.4 -g
May 06 13:33:00.800 using 1 CPU
May 06 13:33:00.804 loading configuration from '/etc/named.conf'
May 06 13:33:00.804 /etc/named.conf:75: syntax error near '}'
May 06 13:33:00.805 loading configuration: unexpected token
May 06 13:33:00.805 exiting (due to fatal error)
Error in configuration file /etc/named.conf : [FAILED]

Regards

The bracket after logging { is not closed, hence "view" is seen as an option, which is not valid. Put the correct closing bracket and see if you get other errors.