Problem running 8.2.1 on Solaris 2.6
Michael Voight
mvoight at cisco.com
Mon Aug 16 18:43:09 UTC 1999
Pradeep Subramaniam wrote:
>
> I had no problems in downloading, compiling and installing version 8.2.1 on
> my Sparc 5, running Solaris 2.6. On starting the "named" process, however, I
> notice the following:
>
> 1. The process does not go into daemon mode, ie. the prompt does not return.
> 2. These messages appear in the /var/adm/messafes file:
>
> Aug 16 13:56:58 radar named[26172]: starting. named 8.2.1 Mon Aug 16 12:29:03 EDT 1999
> Aug 16 13:56:58 radar pradeep at radar:/home/pradeep/work/dns/src/bin/named
> Aug 16 13:56:58 radar named[26172]: Zone "tradeit.com" (file tradeit): No default TTL set using SOA minimum instead
> Aug 16 13:56:58 radar named[26172]: Zone "0.211.9.192.in-addr.arpa" (file ptr/ptr192): No default TTL set using SOA minimum instead
> Aug 16 13:56:58 radar named[26172]: Zone "0.0.127.in-addr.arpa" (file named.local): No default TTL set using SOA minimum instead
> Aug 16 13:56:58 radar named[26172]: Ready to answer queries.
>
> 3. I am unable to query the database, nslookup returns this message:
>
> ./nslookup
> *** Can't find server name for address 192.9.211.192: No response from server
> *** Default servers are not available
>
> Can someone please tell me what I am doing wrong? Thanks.
>
> Pradeep.
>
The TTL messages are warnings. You need to specify the TTL outside of
the SOA.
#2.. Your address is 192.9.211.192, your zone should be something like
192.211.9.in-addr.arpa, not 0.211.9.192.in-addr.arpa.
Find the book DNS & BIND.
Michael
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