Need help finishing setting up a DNS server. I don't understand what im doing wrong.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/17731521/U...r-on-Linux-v12

Followed that tutorial as well as many others top to bottom and NOTHING will run right. Help me please. I don't know why bind will not run right. I have been on this project for over a week.

Let me explain exactly what I NEED TO ACCOMPLISH WITH THIS. No other tutorial (and REST ASSURED I HAVE READ EVERY FREAKIN ONE OF THEM), can help me.

I have my home linux server box running ubuntu. I need this box to be a DNS server so i can actually access it to make use of it. I have purchased the domain name pakalolo420.us from godaddy.com, i own this domain name however due to having a dynamic ip I have it fowarded to pakalolo.bounceme.net through no-ip, this server needs to be a primary and secondary name server.

Constantly getting it's not a authorative server. How do I make it one. I need someone to explain in DETAIL how to go about configuring bind9 to make this work. I just don't understand it. I have been through at least 30 tutorials and 5 books and nothing can explain this to me.

root@KyleBritton:/home/cegha# dig pakalolo.bounceme.net

; <<>> DiG 9.5.1-P2 <<>> pakalolo.bounceme.net
;; global options: printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 25597
;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0
;; WARNING: recursion requested but not available

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;pakalolo.bounceme.net. IN A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
pakalolo.bounceme.net. 80 IN A 76.23.110.75

;; Query time: 100 msec
;; SERVER: 192.168.2.1#53(192.168.2.1)
;; WHEN: Sun Sep 13 02:10:32 2009
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 55

What is it that you are trying to do that you need to run your own DNS server for?

As I understand it you have this Ubuntu server setup that you want to be an authoritative server for your domain. You have this at home, and also have a dynamically assigned IP from your ISP. This is a problem in itself, a proper DNS server really should have a static IP so all other servers know where to point to find it.

If you just want it reachable for anyone on the net, say a webserver, why not just let GoDaddy handle DNS for you? Just make any A records you want on the GoDaddy interface and point them to your public IP or no-ip hostname.

If you really want to do your own DNS you will need to transfer authority from GoDaddy to your server. You might have an issue here if you are on a home internet using dynamic IP as some ISPs will block common ports on residential service so you can't run a server.