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isc_lex_gettoken() failed when checkzone

Hi, I am a beginner, in my zonefile, I write:
$TTL 86400 @ IN SOA ns.server.com. root.server.com. ( 2008102401 ; serial 28800 ; refresh 7200 ; retry 604800 ; expire 86400 ) ; minimum TTL of 1 day IN NS ns.sipp4info.com. IN MX 10 mail.sipp4info.com. ns IN A 192.168.1.201 mail IN CNAME ns www IN CNAME ns ftp IN CNAME ns
I don't understand why when I checkzone, I got messages extra input text, isc_lex_gettoken() failed: unbalanced parentheses.
Please help me.

You should put the contents of the zone file inside a CODE tag for better readability. Any way your zone file should look like this

Code:

$TTL 86400 

@ IN SOA ns.server.com. root.server.com. ( 

        2008102401 ; serial 

        28800      ; refresh 

        7200      ; retry 

        604800    ; expire 

        86400 )    ; minimum TTL of 1 day 



        IN NS ns.sipp4info.com. 

        IN MX 10 mail.sipp4info.com. 

ns      IN A 192.168.1.201 

mail    IN CNAME ns 

www    IN CNAME ns 

ftp    IN CNAME ns

Check the above and see if it works.
There are also 2 things you need to correct:
1. "ns.server.com. root.server.com." must be equal to the authoritative dns and the person's email responsible for that dns.
2. "mail IN CNAME ns". It's not correct to use a CNAME for a mail server. You can change it to: "mail IN A 192.168.1.201"

Regards

Dear Bathory,

it worked

thanks,
Hsia