Okay...I'm at my breaking point trying to figure this out. I can't seem to get named to start, anytime I attempt to configure reverse DNS. If I leave out the reverse DNS stuff...named starts just fine.

My setup:
Server: CentOS 5.4
1 NIC: 2 IPs
BIND version: BIND 9.3.6-P1-RedHat-9.3.6-4.P1.el5

named.conf:
cat /var/named/chroot/etc/named.conf
// default named.conf

options {
directory "/var/named";
dump-file "/var/named/data/cache_dump.db";
statistics-file "/var/named/data/named_stats.txt";

allow-recursion {
localnets;
209.139.209.33; 209.139.209.32; 216.18.22.58; 216.18.22.57;
};

listen-on { 127.0.0.1; 216.18.22.1; };
allow-query { 127.0.0.1; 216.18.22.0/24; };

forward first;
forwarders { 209.139.209.33; 209.139.209.32; };

};

include "/etc/rndc.key";

zone "zipsync1.net" IN {
type master;
file "data/zipsync1.net.domain";
};

zone "22.18.216.in-addr.arpa" {
type master;
file "data/reverse-22.18.216";
};

reverse-22.18.216 contents:
$TTL 14400
@ 86400 IN SOA 22.18.216.in-addr.arpa. shacall2.yahoo.com. (

2009121301 ; serial, todays date
86400 ; refresh, seconds
7200 ; retry, seconds
3600000 ; expire, seconds
86400 ) ; minimum, seconds

zipsync1.net. 86400 IN NS ns1.zipsync1.net.
zipsync1.net. 86400 IN NS ns2.zipsync1.net.
58 IN PTR www.zipsync1.net

If I comment out the zone "22.18..." section within named.conf, named starts fine. When I remove the comments, I get the following in my logs:

Dec 14 10:14:18 zipsync1 named: zone zipsync1.net/IN: loaded serial 2009121400
Dec 14 10:14:18 zipsync1 named: data/reverse-22.18.216:10: ignoring out-of-zone data (zipsync1.net)
Dec 14 10:14:18 zipsync1 named: data/reverse-22.18.216:11: ignoring out-of-zone data (zipsync1.net)
Dec 14 10:14:18 zipsync1 named: zone 22.18.216.in-addr.arpa/IN: has no NS records
Dec 14 10:14:18 zipsync1 named: _default/22.18.216.in-addr.arpa/IN: bad zone

Any help or suggestions would be VERY much appreciated. Sorry for the formatting. It was all lost when I submitted the thread. Thanks!

Gary

Hi,

You should change your zone file to:
Mind the dot at the end of hostnames.
Increase serial and restart bind, to test.

Regards

Dang - I thought I checked all the dots. I'll modify that, increase the serial and restart bind.

Thanks for the fast reply!
Gary

Shoot...I had high hopes that this was it. Unfortunately, that didn't work. I did as you mentioned: added a dot at the end, increased the serial and restarted named. Still getting the same error:

[root@zipsync1 named]# /etc/init.d/named restart
Stopping named: [ OK ]
Starting named:
Error in named configuration:
zone zipsync1.net/IN: loaded serial 2009121400
data/reverse-22.18.216:10: ignoring out-of-zone data (zipsync1.net)
data/reverse-22.18.216:11: ignoring out-of-zone data (zipsync1.net)
zone 22.18.216.in-addr.arpa/IN: has no NS records
_default/22.18.216.in-addr.arpa/IN: bad zone
[FAILED]

Any other thoughts?

Thanks,
Gary

*** EDIT ***
See what exactly you need to change in the zone file:
The real problem wasn't the dots (in fact you missed just the one in "58 IN PTR www.zipsync1.net."). The problem was the dns in the SOA record (it was 22.18.216.in-addr.arpa.) and the ORIGIN of the NS records (was zipsync1.net.).

Cheers

Here's my latest/revised reverse dns file:

Bathory,
I can't thank you enough for your help. It's still not starting though. I'm not 100% sure I understand what you mean (about the DNS in the SOA record being incorrect). Do I need to change something, so it properly matches?

Thanks again,
Gary

Got it!!!! You are awesome, bathory. Thank you soooo much. I copied your code exactly, replacing mine. It now starts fine.

Much appreciated,
Gary