Can't find server name...no information

Jeremy Gardner jeremy at quetico.net
Wed Jan 24 01:25:50 UTC 2001



Hello,

I am trying to set up a DNS server on my local machine as primary for =
several domains, and then have my ISP be secondary.  Until I get this up =
and running, my ISP is both primary and secondary.  My goal is to set my =
local server up as authoritative, test it out and make sure it works, =
then make this switch public.  Can I do this?

I'm running Linux (2.2.15 kernel) and just installed Bind 9.1.  I've =
configured my /etc/named.conf file, root hint file, domain zone file, =
and localhost reverse map file.  My root hint file was received from =
someone else.

When I try to resolve any hostname within this domain interactively, and =
use my local server, everything resolves fine.  When I try to resolve =
any hostname within the domain non-interactively, I get the error below.

It moves past my local server and onto the second nameserver defined in =
my resolv.conf (ISP nameserver).  What am I doing wrong?  I will also =
include my related config files, if that helps...  I'm new to DNS, so go =
easy on me.  Would I be better served going back to Bind 8?  I feel like =
9.1 installed fine and this is just a config problem that I haven't been =
able to figure out yet.

The domain in question is quetico.net.  The main server I'm trying to =
configure as NS is pierna.quetico.net.

Thanks!
Jeremy


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nslookup error output
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[jeremy at pierna jeremy]$ nslookup pierna.quetico.net
Authoritative answers can be found from:
(root)  nameserver =3D M.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
(root)  nameserver =3D A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
(root)  nameserver =3D B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
(root)  nameserver =3D C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
(root)  nameserver =3D D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
(root)  nameserver =3D E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
(root)  nameserver =3D F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
(root)  nameserver =3D G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
(root)  nameserver =3D H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
(root)  nameserver =3D I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
(root)  nameserver =3D J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
(root)  nameserver =3D K.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
(root)  nameserver =3D L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET      internet address =3D 128.9.0.107
C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET      internet address =3D 192.33.4.12
D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET      internet address =3D 128.8.10.90
E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET      internet address =3D 192.203.230.10
F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET      internet address =3D 192.5.5.241
G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET      internet address =3D 192.112.36.4
H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET      internet address =3D 128.63.2.53
I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET      internet address =3D 192.36.148.17
J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET      internet address =3D 198.41.0.10
K.ROOT-SERVERS.NET      internet address =3D 193.0.14.129
L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET      internet address =3D 198.32.64.12
M.ROOT-SERVERS.NET      internet address =3D 202.12.27.33
*** Can't find server name for address 63.231.71.27: No information
Server:  dns1.avalon.net
Address:  204.71.106.8

Name:    pierna.quetico.net
Address:  63.231.71.27


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named.conf
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options {
        directory "/etc/namedb";        =20
        pid-file "/var/run/named.pid";
        allow-query { any; };=20
        recursion no;
        auth-nxdomain yes;
};

zone "." {=20
        type hint;=20
        file "root.hint";=20
};

zone "0.0.127.in-addr.arpa" {
        type master;
        file "localhost.rev";
        notify no;
};

zone "quetico.net" {
        type master;
        file "quetico.net.db";
        notify yes;
        allow-transfer {
                204.71.106.2;
                204.71.106.8;
        };
};


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quetico.net.db
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$TTL 86400
@       IN SOA  pierna.quetico.net. jeremy.quetico.net. (
                2001012301      ; Serial
                10800           ; Refresh 3 hours
                3600            ; Retry 1 hour
                604800          ; Expire 1 week (168 hours)
                86400 )         ; minimum 12 hours

                IN      A       63.231.71.27

                IN      NS      pierna.quetico.net.
                IN      NS      dns1.avalon.net.

                IN      MX      10      pierna.quetico.net.
                IN      MX      20      argo.quetico.net.
     =20
localhost       IN      A       127.0.0.1

argo            IN      A       204.71.106.169
www             IN      CNAME   pierna.quetico.net.
ftp             IN      CNAME   pierna.quetico.net.
mail            IN      CNAME   pierna.quetico.net.
darky           IN      A       63.231.71.25
shade           IN      A       63.231.71.26
pierna          IN      A       63.231.71.27


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root.hint
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.                        3600000  IN  NS    A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.      3600000      A     198.41.0.4
.                        3600000      NS    B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.      3600000      A     128.9.0.107
.                        3600000      NS    C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.      3600000      A     192.33.4.12
.                        3600000      NS    D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.      3600000      A     128.8.10.90
.                        3600000      NS    E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.      3600000      A     192.203.230.10
.                        3600000      NS    F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.      3600000      A     192.5.5.241
.                        3600000      NS    G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.      3600000      A     192.112.36.4
.                        3600000      NS    H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.      3600000      A     128.63.2.53
.                        3600000      NS    I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.      3600000      A     192.36.148.17
.                        3600000      NS    J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.      3600000      A     198.41.0.10
.                        3600000      NS    K.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
K.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.      3600000      A     193.0.14.129=20
.                        3600000      NS    L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.      3600000      A     198.32.64.12
.                        3600000      NS    M.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
M.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.      3600000      A     202.12.27.33


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localhost.rev
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$TTL 86400
@       IN      SOA     pierna.quetico.net. jeremy.pierna.quetico.net. (
                                        2001012301      ; Serial
                                        10800           ; Refresh every =
3 hours
                                        3600            ; Retry every =
hour
                                        604800          ; Expire after a =
week
                                        86400 )         ; Minimum ttl of =
1 day
        IN      NS      pierna.quetico.net.

1       IN      PTR     localhost.





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