hi there,

i'm trying to get bind9 running DDNS and dhcp working on my fedora core 3 server, but i'm having increasly less luck everytime i try. here are my conf files below and my network setup, dhcp server seams to start alright, but my named server wont start or put out any error messages, can someone please tell me whats going on?

server name: mc1.fedora.directory.server
server ip: 192.168.0.114
domain name: fedora.directory.server

/etc/dhcp.conf

# File with key we shall use to securely update zone files
###########################################################
include "/etc/named.keys";

# Our server is authority
#########################################################
server-identifier fedora.directory.server;
authoritative;

# Zone specification
zone fedora.directory.server.forward. {
primary 192.168.0.114;
key DHCP_UPDATER;
}
zone fedora.directory.server.reverse. {
primary 192.168.0.114;
key DHCP_UPDATER;
}

# Various options
########################################
default-lease-time 86400;
max-lease-time 172800;

option domain-name "fedora.directory.server";
option domain-name-servers 192.168.0.114;

ignore client-updates;
ddns-domainname "fedora.directory.server";
ddns-updates on;
ddns-update-style interim;

# Declaration of network properties ( range ... )
# ################################################
subnet 192.168.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
next-server mc1.fedora.directory.server;
authoritative;
allow client-updates;
allow unknown-clients;
ddns-updates on;
ddns-rev-domainname "fedora.directory.server";
ddns-domainname "fedora.directory.server";
server-name "mc1.fedora.directory.server";
range dynamic-bootp 192.168.0.10 192.168.0.254;
zone fedora.directory.server {
primary 127.0.0.1;
key DHCP_UPDATER;
}
zone 0.168.192.in-addr.arpa. {
primary 127.0.0.1;
key DHCP_UPDATER;
}
option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
option routers 192.168.0.1;
one-lease-per-client on;
}

/etc/named.conf

# Include file with key
#################################################
include "/etc/named.keys";

# Access Control Lists
#################################################
acl mynet {
192.168.0.0/24;
127.0.0.1;
};

# Various Options
#################################################
options {
directory "/var/named";
allow-query { mynet; };
};

# Misc zone declarations
#################################################
zone "localhost" in {
type master;
file "localhost.zone";
};

zone "0.0.127.in-addr.arpa" in {
type master;
file "127.0.0.zone";
};

zone "." in {
type hint;
file "root.hint";
};

# Forward foobar.tld zone declaration
#################################################
zone "fedora.directory.server" {
type master;
file "fedora.directory.server.hosts";
allow-update { key DHCP_UPDATER; };
allow-query { mynet; };
allow-transfer { mynet; };
};

# Reverse foobar.tld zone declaration
#################################################
zone "0.168.192.in-addr.arpa" {
type master;
file "0.168.192.rev";
allow-update { key DHCP_UPDATER; };
allow-query { mynet; };
allow-transfer { mynet; };
};

/var/named/chroot/var/named/fedora.directory.server.hosts

$ttl 38400
fedora.directory.server. IN SOA fedora.directory.server. paul.localhost. (
1135926767
10800
3600
604800
38400 )
fedora.directory.server. IN NS fedora.directory.server.

/var/named/chroot/var/named/192.168.0.0.rev

$ttl 38400
0.168.192.in-addr.arpa. IN SOA fedora.directory.server. paul.localhost. (
1135926872
10800
3600
604800
38400 )
0.168.192.in-addr.arpa. IN NS fedora.directory.server.

EXAMPLE FILES:

named.conf: - http://www.geocities.com/evilperson8...named.conf.txt

dhcpd.conf: - http://www.geocities.com/evilperson8...dhcpd.conf.txt

0.168.192.rev: - http://www.geocities.com/evilperson8...68.192.rev.txt

fedora.directory.server.hosts: - http://www.geocities.com/evilperson8...rver.hosts.txt

NETWORK SETTINGS:

DNS DHCP IP: 192.168.0.114

DNS DHCP NetboisName: mc1.fedora.directory.server

Router: 192.168.0.1

DNS domain: fedora.directory.server

1. download the genDDNSkey.sh file from

'http://www.geocities.com/evilperson8...genddnskey.txt'

2. run the genddnskey.sh file

'/home/script/genddnskey.sh'

3. copy & edit the example named.conf file to

'/etc/named.conf'

4. copy & edit the example dhcpd.conf file to

'/etc/dhcpd.conf'

5. copy & edit the example fedora.directory.server.hosts file to

'/var/named/chroot/var/named/fedora.directory.server.hosts'

6. copy & edit the example 0.168.192.rev file to

'/var/named/chroot/var/named/0.168.192.rev'

7. change the ownership of all the files in the named chroot

'chown -R named:named /var/named/chroot/'

8. change the read/write/execute permissions of all the files in the named chroot

'chmod -R a+rwx /var/named/chroot/'