Hi everyone..

i am using CentOS 5.5 trying to install DNS

options {
directory "/var/named";
dump-file "/var/named/data/cache_dump.db";
statistics-file "/var/named/data/fnamed_stats.txt";
/*
* 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;
listen-on { 127.0.0.1; 192.168.1.1; };
allow-query { 127.0.0.1; 192.168.1.0/24; };
};
zone "." IN {
type hint;
file "named.named.root";
};
zone "wycdc.com" IN {
type master;
file "data/master-wycdc.com";
allow-update { none; };
};

zone "1.168.192.in-addr.arpa" IN {
type master;
file "data/reverse-192.168.1";
allow-update { none; };
};

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vi /var/named/chroot/var/named/data/master-wycdc.com -----(no file was there so i made master-wycdc.com)

;
; Zone file for "wycdc.com" - Internal use Only
;
$TTL 1D
@ IN SOA wyc.wycdc.com. (
10 ; Serial
8H ; Refresh
2H ; Retry
4W ; Expire
1D ) ; Minimum
;
IN NS wyc ; Name Server for the domain
;
wycdc.com. IN A 192.168.1.1 ;
wyc IN A 192.168.1.1 ;


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vi /var/named/chroot/var/named/data/reverse-192.168.1

;
; Reverse File for network "192.168.1.0/24" - Internal ONLY
;
$TTL 1D
@ IN SOA wyc.wycdc.com. (
10 ; Serial
8H ; Refresh
2H ; Retry
4W ; Expire
1D ) ; Minimum
;
IN NS wyc.wycdc.com.
1 IN PTR wyc.wycdc.com

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when i start service named it give error

Error in named configuration:
dns_rdata_fromtext: data/master-wycdc.com:6: near '8H': not a valid number
zone wycdc.com/IN: loading master file data/master-wycdc.com: not a valid number
_default/wycdc.com/IN: not a valid number
dns_rdata_fromtext: data/reverse-192.168.1:6: near '8H': not a valid number
zone 1.168.192.in-addr.arpa/IN: loading master file data/reverse-192.168.1: not a valid number
_default/1.168.192.in-addr.arpa./IN: not a valid number

please help me out

Hi,

You miss in both the zone files the email address, so bind gets confused. Use something like the following:

thanx i got the DNS and DHCP working. what i mean is both services are up and i am able to ping the server with the server name. but i am not able to ping the client back. what i mean to say is if a client gets a ipaddress from the DHCP pool, how that ipaddress and the system name be written to the dns, i have made it dynammic dns by file the same way as follows:-

Your dhcpd.conf should be as follows
#####################################################################################
ddns-updates on;
ddns-domainname “test.com”;
option ntp-servers 192.168.0.1;
ddns-update-style ad-hoc;
allow unknown-clients;
default-lease-time 86400;
max-lease-time 172800;

option domain-name “test.com”;
option domain-name-servers 192.168.0.1;
option netbios-name-servers 192.168.0.1;
option netbios-dd-server 192.168.0.1;
option netbios-node-type 8;

subnet 192.168.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
range dynamic-bootp 192.168.0.10 192.168.0.60;
option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
option routers 192.168.0.220;
allow unknown-clients;
}

In your named.conf file it should be as follows:

acl lan {
192.168.0.1/24;
127.0.0.1;
};

options {

directory “/var/named”;
listen-on-v6 { any; };
notify no;
forward first;
forwarders {
192.168.0.254;
};
auth-nxdomain yes;
multiple-cnames yes;---- cleared this line as it showerd error
listen-on {
lan;
};
};

zone “test.com” {
type master;
file “/var/named/test.com.zone”;
allow-query {
lan;
};
allow-transfer {
lan;
};
allow-update {
lan;
};
};

zone “0.168.192.in-addr.arpa” {
type master;
file “/var/named/192.168.0.rev.zone”;
allow-query {
lan;
};
allow-transfer {
lan;
};
allow-update {
lan;
};
};

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But when i try to ping the client from the server with its ip address it work, but not with its name.
so pls help me to figure out the problem

Hi,

Changeto
because ad-hoc is deprecated.
Also you miss the zone(s) you want your dhcpd server to update and the key that must be exchanged between bind and dhcpd server.
Take a look at this howto to see what you need to do

Regards

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Boss,
Go through this link for your DNS Server Configuration its. It really helps u.
http://www.ispexperts.com.np/?page_id=310
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