BIND/named Startup Error - named.root:1: '}' expected near ';'
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BIND/named Startup Error - named.root:1: '}' expected near ';'
I am getting a strange error when trying to start named. I have searched the web and some of the boards, but have not found any useful information except to verify that all your braces are closed in named.conf. I have visually checked this a hundred times now, and still have the error. Please review my configs and tell me if I've missed something!
Here is the error:
=======================================================
[root@my-server named]# service named start
Starting named:
Error in named configuration:
/etc/named/named.root:1: '}' expected near ';'
[FAILED]
=======================================================
I would imagine that the named.root doesn't get an include from the named.conf but rather this file goes into your zone file location. Since it's complaining about the lack of ; in the file, which it isn't, it's a zone file, not a conf file.
Thanks for your help, trickykid, but I don't think that's the issue. Look at the Bind 9.3.4 sample named.conf file:
========================================================================
view "internal"
{
...
// all views must contain the root hints zone:
include "/etc/named.root.hints";
...
========================================================================
As you can see, you are supposed to include it in every view, apparently by absolute path. The sample doesn't place it in /var/named, and doesn't define it with a "zone" statement.
Distribution: OpenBSD 4.6, OS X 10.6.2, CentOS 4 & 5
Posts: 3,660
Rep:
Well if you read the BIND admin manual, you'd see that include simply inserts configuration information from another file, i.e. it has to be valid named.conf syntax, not zone file syntax. What you're supposed to include is the '.' zone configuration. Here's a sample from CentOS:
PHP Code:
// // The 'named.root' root cache hints zone for the bind DNS 'named' nameserver. // // named's cache must be primed with the addresses of the root zone '.' nameservers. // The root zone file can be obtained by querying the root 'A' nameserver: // $ dig . ns @198.41.0.4 > named.root // Or by download via FTP / HTTP: // $ wget ftp://ftp.rs.internic.net/domain/named.root // // Every view that is to provide recursive service must include this zone. // zone "." IN { type hint; file "named.root"; };
The clue is complaining about wanting '}' before ';', which points to named.conf syntax where ';' is used to close a statement and "//" is the start of a comment. In zone files, ';' is the start of a comment (such as line #1 in your root zone, which is exactly what the error said).
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BIND/named Startup Error - named.root:1: '}' expected near ';'
