DNS set up

blckspder · 09-07-2007, 10:04 AM

Hello,
I am trying to setup a DNS for my web server. I installed everything and I also installed the graphical interface tool also.. but when I try to use it I get an error that says named.root.hints file cannot be found...

Ive gone into terminal and did a search using locate named.roots.hints and it found nothing.. any one know of a way I could get this file? please let me know and thank you.

Right now I have the domain pointed to the public ip address of the server. And I am using the default dns settings that register.com have set in place when I registered the domain.

The interesting thing is that I can access the website when I am out side of my network. so when I am home I can go to sono-test.com and get the website but when I am in the network I cant use sono-test.com I have to use the internal static ip address. Any thoughts again would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for the help.

blckspder · 09-07-2007, 12:04 PM

I figured out why I couldnt get to the website using the domain name while in the network. Turns out the main server for the company has a dns setup for a VPN connection we have and that dns is not picking up the domain name or blocking it... When I changed the dns on my workstation to that of our ISP I could access the site while in the network via the domain name.. so that problem is solved.. I still can't figure out though why the file named.root.hints is missing from the web server... any thoughts would be appreciated. thanks.

JimBass · 09-07-2007, 10:05 PM

Here is what should be in your root hints file.

Code:

; <<>> DiG 9.2.3 <<>> ns . @a.root-servers.net.
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 18944
;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 13, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 13

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;.                              IN      NS

;; ANSWER SECTION:
.                       518400  IN      NS      A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.                       518400  IN      NS      B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.                       518400  IN      NS      C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.                       518400  IN      NS      D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.                       518400  IN      NS      E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.                       518400  IN      NS      F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.                       518400  IN      NS      G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.                       518400  IN      NS      H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.                       518400  IN      NS      I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.                       518400  IN      NS      J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.                       518400  IN      NS      K.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.                       518400  IN      NS      L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.                       518400  IN      NS      M.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.     3600000 IN      A       198.41.0.4
B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.     3600000 IN      A       192.228.79.201
C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.     3600000 IN      A       192.33.4.12
D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.     3600000 IN      A       128.8.10.90
E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.     3600000 IN      A       192.203.230.10
F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.     3600000 IN      A       192.5.5.241
G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.     3600000 IN      A       192.112.36.4
H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.     3600000 IN      A       128.63.2.53
I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.     3600000 IN      A       192.36.148.17
J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.     3600000 IN      A       192.58.128.30
K.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.     3600000 IN      A       193.0.14.129
L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.     3600000 IN      A       198.32.64.12
M.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.     3600000 IN      A       202.12.27.33

;; Query time: 81 msec
;; SERVER: 198.41.0.4#53(a.root-servers.net.)
;; WHEN: Sun Feb  1 11:27:14 2004
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 436

Peace,
JimBass

homecsiga · 09-08-2007, 06:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by blckspder

Hello,
I am trying to setup a DNS for my web server. I installed everything and I also installed the graphical interface tool also.. but when I try to use it I get an error that says named.root.hints file cannot be found...

Ive gone into terminal and did a search using locate named.roots.hints and it found nothing.. any one know of a way I could get this file? please let me know and thank you.

I had similar problem after updating bind. Not sure the exact verions but I found in the new bind 9.4.x there is no named.root.hints. I'v downgrading the bind the latest 9.3.x then saved the required files then upgraded bind again. Anyway JimBass's posted the content of the file.

regards
---G---

hunterfighter · 09-11-2007, 10:28 AM

I got a problem with BIND but is different from yours. Mine is can dig @127.0.0.1 google.com. But not for dig @10.1.1.1 google.com which 10.1.1.1 is my DNS server. I does this in DNS server itself.