DNS error message

[John Trumbell]

Hi,
Here are the named.conf and Zoneinfo files, I have censored out the actual
IP's as per our policy. All these files reside in the
C:\winnt\system32\dns\etc 

;    File:     named.conf
;    Purpose:    give the DNS its startup parameters and
;                list of startup files.
;
;
directory      C:\\winnt\\system32\\dns\\etc
;
;
;    XFRNETS parameter limits the transfer of zone information
;    to machines matching the subnet wildcard/mask entries listed
;
;
;XFRNETS ###.##.0.0
;
;    establish a loopback entry for this machine, and tell
;    it to load its identity from db.127.0.0
;
primary 0.0.127.IN-ADDR.ARPA db.127.0.0
;
;    set ourselves as primary server for the zone
;
primary aicfunds.com db.aicfunds
primary aicfunds.net db.aicfunds.net
;
;    provide reverse address-to-host mapping
;
primary ##.###.in-addr.arpa  db.inaddr-aicfunds
primary ##.###.in-addr.arpa  db.inaddr-aicwan
primary ###.###.in-addr.arpa db.inaddr-unitrax
primary ##.###.in-addr.arpa  db.inaddr-aicfunds.net
;
;    prime the DNS with root server 'hint' information

;
cache . db.cache
;



Here is a copy of the db.aicfunds file
;
;    File:      db.aicfunds
;    Purpose:   This file establishes the name/address information
;               for this zone.  You will have to fill out the actual
;               information for your specific zone in the format shown
;               in the comments.
;
@        IN SOA    dino.aicfunds.com. postmaster.aicfunds.com. (
            97112313 ; serial number
            43200    ; refresh every 12 hours
            7200     ; retry after 2 hours
            1209600  ; expire after 2 weeks
            172800)  ; default ttl is 2 days
;
@         IN NS    dino.aicfunds.com.
36.128    IN PTR   dino.aicfunds.com.
;  Other Name Servers for this domain?   (EXAMPLES ONLY)
;
;    IN NS    examplens1.software.com.
;    IN NS    examplens2.software.com.
;    IN NS    examplens3.cerf.net.
;    IN NS    examplens4.webpa.com.
;
;      Local Host Address      
;
localhost    IN     A   127.0.0.1
;
;    Mail Exchange Records                 (EXAMPLES ONLY)
;
;    software.com.    IN MX    20 mailserver.software.com.
;                    IN MX    30 backupserver.cerf.net.
;    software.com.    IN A    198.17.234.33    ; For DUMB Mailers
;

aicfunds.com.	IN MX	20 exchsvr1.aicfunds.com.

;
;    Define local hosts                   (EXAMPLES ONLY)
;
;mach1    IN A    198.17.234.33
;        IN MX    10 mailserver.software.com.
;        IN MX    30 backupserver.cerf.net.
;
;   Example machine that receives its own mail, first:
;
;mach2    IN A    198.17.234.34
;        IN MX    10 mach2.software.com.
;        IN MX    20 mailserver.software.com.
;        IN MX    30 backupserver.cerf.net.
;
;
; CNames                                 (EXAMPLES ONLY)
;
;news       IN CNAME    mach1.software.com.
;www        IN CNAME    mach1.software.com.
;ftp        IN CNAME    mach1.software.com.
;hub        IN CNAME    mach2.software.com.
;

**Lists of servers I have taken out, using the below one as an example.
dino			IN A		###.##.###.36

dns		 	IN CNAME	dino

Here is the db.inaddr-aicfunds the other files that are assigned for reverse
lookup follow a similiar format.
;
;    File:      db.inaddr-aicfunds
;    Purpose:   This file establishes the address-to-name lookup
;               information for this zone.  You will have to
;               fill out the actual address information for your
;               specific zone in the format shown in the comments
;
@        IN SOA dino.aicfunds.com. postmaster.aicfunds.com. (
            97112310 ; serial number
            43200    ; refresh every 12 hours
            7200     ; retry after 2 hours
            1209600  ; expire after 2 weeks
            172800)  ; default ttl is 2 days
;
@         		IN NS		dino.aicfunds.com.
**Lists of servers I have taken out, using the below one as an example.
36.###		IN PTR	dino.aicfunds.com.


Got any idea, this has been driving me nuts.

John
-----Original Message-----
From: Danny Mayer [mailto:mayer at gis.net]
Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 9:15 PM
To: John Trumbell; Bind-Users (E-mail)
Subject: Re: DNS error message



At 10:54 AM 1/23/01, John Trumbell wrote:

>Hi,
>I am setting up a test DNS server, to resolve a problem with some Proxy
>software, that requires the use of reverse lookups. 
>
>I have installed Bind 8.2.3 on a NT4 server (SP5). I have used the Zone
>files from are actual DNS server and if I do a reverse lookup on the DNS
>server I get the following reply.
>
>***Can't find server name for address (server's Ip address): Server failed
>***Default servers are not available
>Server: Unknown
>Address: (server's ip address)
>
>*** Unknown can't find (server's name): server failed

         You are using nslookup which needs to use the IP address that you
entered in the network control panel in order to lookup up its name.  You
can find out what it is by typing ipconfig/all.  If that server does not
have a
PTR record nslookup will fail even though it doesn't need it.  Use dig
instead
which comes with the kit and doesn't bother with such things.

>The ISC BIND services starts, However in my Application log I see a message
>stating "No root nameserver in class IN" source is named. The test DNS
>server is listed as the SOA. 

         You need to post both the named.conf and the zone file so someone
can tell you what's wrong.  Any other message in the application log?

                 Danny