Hi Every one,
I configured DNS server according to the following:
/etc/named.conf:
zone "Alocardweb.com" IN {
type master;
file "Alocardweb.com";
;Alocardweb.com the name of host that I am going to resolve it.
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/var/named/Alocardweb.com:
$TTL 1D
@ IN SOA Alocardweb.com. root.Aloweb.com. (
42 ; serial (d. adams)
3H ; refresh
15M ; retry
1W ; expiry
1D ) ; minimum
@ IN NS Alocardweb.com.
@ IN A 172.16.1.253
Alocardweb.com. IN A 172.16.1.253
www IN A 172.16.1.253
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/etc/resolv.conf
search Alocardweb.com.
nameserver 172.16.1.253

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But when I restart /etc/init.d/named restart ,I envisage the following Error:
Stopping named: [FAILED]
Starting named:
Error in named configuration:
zone localdomain/IN: loaded serial 42
zone localhost/IN: loaded serial 42
zone Alocardweb.com/IN: loading master file Alocardweb.com: file not found
_default/Alocardweb.com/IN: file not found
zone 0.0.127.in-addr.arpa/IN: loaded serial 1997022700
zone 0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.ip6.arpa/IN: loaded serial 1997022700
zone 255.in-addr.arpa/IN: loaded serial 42
zone 0.in-addr.arpa/IN: loaded serial 42 [FAILED]
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I do not know what's the reason error???????
Thanks alot

It would help if you stated what linux distro you are using. By default, some distro's start named in a chroot'd jail. If thats the case, try moving your zone file to /var/named/chroot/var/named. Then try starting named again.

As for named not stopping... have you properly configured rndc? See: man rndc-confgen

thanks for your Help,
I replace the zone file from /var/named/Alocardweb.com to /var/named/chroot/var/named/Alocardweb.com,but the problems still remain.

Can you post what distro you are using and post your original configuration . i mean named.conf and the zone database files as well.

Hi Dear,
I use Fedora core 4 and the change in named.conf are the following:
/etc/named.conf:
zone "Alocardweb.com" IN {
type master;
file "Alocardweb.com";
thanks alot.

I had similar problems. I dont know what exactly is the problem but
I managed to solve that by removing parts from resolv.conf. Just keep
options section and zone( ".", forward zone, reverse zone and the zone
that pointed named.local). You can erase the rest. I forgot the name of files
but you basically need 4 files(named.local ,forward.zone, reverse.zone and
named.ca(cache file)).

i do not know what should I do exactly in 4 files:named.local ,forward.zone, reverse.zone
there are configuration of dns a top of this page,is there any change except above?

as i see your named.conf
your curly bracket is not closed. May be you have closed it but not posted!!
for systax checking of named.conf
#named-checkconf