This probably has been asked before and if so i apologise.

Im trying to set up the DNS on my Fedora Core 2 box for a domain name I have. Apache works, its just the DNS..

I edited the files manually (backing them up before hand) and used Red Hat's site to guide me.. I have pasted the /etc/named.conf file below, but if someone could help me that would be great

// generated by named-bootconf.pl

options {
directory "/var/named";
/*
* If there is a firewall between you and nameservers you want
* to talk to, you might need to uncomment the query-source
* directive below. Previous versions of BIND always asked
* questions using port 53, but BIND 8.1 uses an unprivileged
* port by default.
*/
// query-source address * port 53;
};

//
// a caching only nameserver config
//
controls {
inet 127.0.0.1 allow { localhost; } keys { rndckey; };
};
zone "." IN {
type hint;
file "named.ca";
};

zone "localhost" IN {
type master;
file "localhost.zone";
allow-update { none; };
};

zone "0.0.127.in-addr.arpa" IN {
type master;
file "named.local";
allow-update { none; };
};

zone "media4insight.com" IN {
type master;
file "media4insight.com.zone";
allow-update { none; };

include "/etc/rndc.key";


Thanks in advance..

Imster

Are you aware of this
Can you be a bit more specific as to what the problem with Bind is /etc/named.conf looks OK to me

Pete

Ahh well it definately fooled me heh

well Ive made media4insight.com.zone and put it where *i thought* named would look. but after reading that quote it seems I should be editing something else somewhere else...DOH!

The actual problem is that media4insight.com doesnt seem to resolve to me, I guess this will change after i edit the correct named files? (the nameservers DO point to my IP)

Thanks..

Hi Imster

The current DNS servers for media4insight.com are

ns0.no-ip.co.uk.
ns1.no-ip.co.uk.

But these do not appear to be authoritative for your domain

There's a lot more to DNS than simply running named on your machine

Not trying to criticize, just help

Pete

- You dont have a reverse zone for media4insight.com
- You can search for a dns book (example Oreilly)

Thanks for the replies, yes i am aware that named isnt the solution heh

I will read up on it more, although I was sure I did it correctly..I obviously didnt (otherwise it would work), will post the outcome if i get anywhere in case anybody else has a similar problem at some point..

JJX

He can't have a reverse zone his ISP will be responsible for that I'm assuming Imster is on a home PC with perhaps a cable connection

Pete

Yes thats about it..And the ns0.no-ip.co.uk and ns1.no-ip.co.uk resolve to my IP

sorry, i thought it was doing that to his lan and was using this address for example :>

Ok, I got the DNS problem sorted with (alot of) help from Pete M..(thanks)

I dont think id want to do it again in a hurry though.

Was a simple error in named.conf, basically missed out a "}" and then it was a simple zone edit..thanks for all the help guys

I have a very similar problem - FC2, worked out the config files had moved but still can't get named to start properly. Messages log file shows:


Jul 14 12:11:55 Linux1 named[2985]: starting BIND 9.2.3 -u named -t /var/named/chroot
Jul 14 12:11:55 Linux1 named[2985]: using 1 CPU
Jul 14 12:11:55 Linux1 named[2985]: loading configuration from '/etc/named.conf'
Jul 14 12:11:55 Linux1 named[2985]: listening on IPv4 interface lo, 127.0.0.1#53
Jul 14 12:11:55 Linux1 named[2985]: listening on IPv4 interface eth0, 44.0.0.99#53
Jul 14 12:11:55 Linux1 named[2985]: listening on IPv4 interface eth1, 44.0.3.61#53
Jul 14 12:11:55 Linux1 named[2985]: couldn't add command channel 127.0.0.1#953: not found
Jul 14 12:11:55 Linux1 named[2985]: couldn't add command channel ::1#953: not found
Jul 14 12:11:55 Linux1 named[2985]: zone 0.0.127.in-addr.arpa/IN: loading master file 0.0.127.in-addr.arpa.zone: file not found
Jul 14 12:11:55 Linux1 named[2985]: zone 0.0.44.in-addr.arpa/IN: loading master file 0.0.44.in-addr.arpa.zone: file not found
Jul 14 12:11:55 Linux1 named[2985]: zone 3.0.44.in-addr.arpa/IN: loading master file 3.0.44.in-addr.arpa.zone: file not found
Jul 14 12:11:55 Linux1 named[2985]: zone 1.0.45.in-addr.arpa/IN: loading master file 1.0.45.in-addr.arpa.zone: file not found
Jul 14 12:11:55 Linux1 named[2985]: zone 2.0.45.in-addr.arpa/IN: loading master file 2.0.45.in-addr.arpa.zone: file not found
Jul 14 12:11:55 Linux1 named[2985]: zone iit.com/IN: loading master file iit.com.zone: file not found
Jul 14 12:11:55 Linux1 named[2985]: zone localhost/IN: loading master file localhost.zone: file not found
Jul 14 12:11:55 Linux1 named[2985]: running
Jul 14 22:11:55 Linux1 named: named startup succeeded

but a listing of /var/named/chroot/var/named shows:

/var/named/chroot/var/named
[root@Linux1 named]# ls -al
total 48
drwxr-x--- 2 root named 4096 Jul 10 15:52 .
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Jul 8 16:57 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 named named 177 Jul 10 15:52 0.0.127.in-addr.arpa.zone
-rw-r--r-- 1 named named 174 Jul 10 15:52 0.0.44.in-addr.arpa.zone
-rw-r--r-- 1 named named 174 Jul 10 15:52 1.0.45.in-addr.arpa.zone
-rw-r--r-- 1 named named 174 Jul 10 15:52 2.0.45.in-addr.arpa.zone
-rw-r--r-- 1 named named 174 Jul 10 15:52 3.0.44.in-addr.arpa.zone
-rw-r--r-- 1 named named 648 Jul 10 15:52 iit.com.zone
-rw-r--r-- 1 named named 173 Jul 10 15:26 .in-addr.arpa.zone
-rw-r--r-- 1 named named 188 Jul 10 15:52 localhost.zone
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2518 Jul 8 16:57 named.ca
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 433 Jul 8 16:57 named.local

I've also tried putting copies of these files in /var/naemd as well (in cahe the chroot thing wasn't working) but did no good. Would love it if you could post/send me a copy of your named.conf

My config is for a lab, so I don't need to talk to root servers, and the IPs and domains are fictitious

Sure,
its pasted below:

in "-> etc/rc.d/init.d/named <-"
remove the "-> ${OPTIONS} <-" in line after start() <-"
"-> daemon /usr/sbin/named -u named ${OPTIONS} <-"
so it will be
"-> daemon /usr/sbin/named -u named <-"

This will make named run without -t paramater as like Red Hat 9


George Vourliotis
Hellas (Greece)