deleted master dns zone and messed bind9 up :\

steve51184 · 03-24-2008, 12:58 AM

hi i was in ISPconfig's BIND DNS Server settings page and i deleted one of my zones (the one name after my servers ip not any of my domains) and now i can't get bind to start and all my sites are down

i've also tried to add it back but it says it's not a valid domain name

os: ubuntu server 7.1

billymayday · 03-24-2008, 01:29 AM

What exactly do you mean by

Quote:

the one name after my servers ip not any of my domains

I'm assuming you don't have any backups - probably a good time to revisit your backup strategy once we get this sorted out

steve51184 · 03-24-2008, 01:31 AM

i mean the ip address of my server and not one of my domains

billymayday · 03-24-2008, 01:36 AM

DP you mean something like 1.168.192.in-addr.arpa?

You are going to need to explain in a bit more detail what's going on - there probably aren't a lot of people here who use IPConfig, but plenty who use Bind.

billymayday · 03-24-2008, 01:37 AM

Actually, can you list the files in you zone directory

steve51184 · 03-24-2008, 01:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by billymayday

DP you mean something like 1.168.192.in-addr.arpa?

You are going to need to explain in a bit more detail what's going on - there probably aren't a lot of people here who use IPConfig, but plenty who use Bind.

yeah it might of been 1.168.192.in-addr.arpa

edit nope added it back and bind is still not starting

Quote:

Originally Posted by billymayday

Actually, can you list the files in you zone directory

sure

Root zone
127.0.0
mydomain1.com
mydomain2.com

edit and now 192.168.1

steve51184 · 03-24-2008, 02:00 AM

i know people might not know how to use ispconfig but we can start with getting bind running

where are the bind log files on ubuntu server? i'll try and start it and post the results

billymayday · 03-24-2008, 02:49 AM

Sorry - been away.

Have a look in /var/log. Otherwise, try

find /var -name "*log*"

steve51184 · 03-24-2008, 03:13 AM

try there can't find any log file for bind

billymayday · 03-24-2008, 03:18 AM

It will be in messages or whatever your standard syslog is called

steve51184 · 03-24-2008, 04:00 AM

found it

Code:

Mar 24 08:58:44 thereddwarf kernel: [19871.820000] Failure registering capabilities with primary security module.

billymayday · 03-24-2008, 04:32 AM

What are the messages either side of this when you try and start bind?

steve51184 · 03-24-2008, 04:39 AM

Mar 24 06:40:51 thereddwarf kernel: [11598.370000] Failure registering capabilities with primary security module.
Mar 24 06:40:56 thereddwarf kernel: [11603.120000] Failure registering capabilities with primary security module.
Mar 24 06:41:01 thereddwarf kernel: [11608.650000] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready

billymayday · 03-24-2008, 04:50 AM

sorry, but are you sure these are from when you start bind? These seem to be a couple of hours earlier than the previous entry you posted

Anyway, as root, type "service named start" (no quotes)

Then post tail -10 /var/log/messages (or whatever the log was) If that doesn't look like enough info, try a 20 instead of the 10

steve51184 · 03-24-2008, 04:54 AM

Code:

root@thereddwarf:~# service named start
The program 'service' can be found in the following packages:
 * debian-helper-scripts
 * sysvconfig
Try: apt-get install <selected package>
-bash: service: command not found