[Cialug] DNS Bind 9

[frankie]

Hi,
	Still getting same results after modifying /etc/resolv.conf file. Was 
talking with a coworker who suggested looking at the zone files, of 
which
there are a few in /var/named/chroot/var/named: localdomain.zone, 
localhost.zone, mayhem.nut.hosts, named.broadcast, named.ca, 
named.ip6.local,  named.local, and named.zero. I'm thinking I need 
named.ca, but do I need the others or can they safely be eliminated? 
And shouldn't mayhem.nut.hosts be named mayhem.nut.zone? Thanks.

Irv Robison
IRVNET
515-720-7816
frankie@raccoon.com
www.irvnet.us

Optimism and perserverance have gotten me farther then anthing else I 
have tried.

On Mar 13, 2005, at 10:39 AM, Kenneth Ristau wrote:

> frankie wrote:
>> Hello all,
>>     I am trying to set up the caching server in FC3 using Webmin and 
>> am having some issues. When I run 'named-checkconf' I get an error 
>> message 27 telling me all zones must be in the view. Running nslookup 
>> mayhem.nut results in 'Server: 192.168.10.15 Address: 
>> 192.168.10.15#53
>> ** server can't find mayhem.nut: NXDOMAIN'. SNIP <
>> Shouldn't I be seeing my local nameservers in the Authority section? 
>> Any help appreciated!
>> Irv Robison
>> IRVNET
>> 515-720-7816
>> frankie@raccoon.com
>> www.irvnet.us
>
> Check your /etc/resolv.conf file.  It is probably pointing at your 
> ISP's nameservers.  Instead, try just the following line and nothing 
> else:
>
>   nameserver 127.0.0.1
>
> That should attempt to resolve your local entries first, then query 
> the root servers.
>
> I've just started (long overdue) to play with DNS myself.  I'm just 
> editing the config files manually for now.  I usually try to learn how 
> to configure things manually first, then move on to tools like webmin 
> once I understand the basics.  If I get stuck, though, I'll sometimes 
> use a utility to create the configs for me, then review them to see 
> what I did wrong.  Make sure you save copies of your working/original 
> configs someplace safe, so you can restore them if you mess up.  That 
> has saved my gluteus maximus more than once.
>
> later,
> kristau
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