Parse error

[Kevin Darcy]

af281 at city.ac.uk wrote:

> I did try and go through the named.conf file but could find nothing
> obvious. SO I am pasting the named.conf below as advised.
>
> Is it worth going to BIND 9.1.1-rc5 since its not yet a fully released
> version unlike 9.1.0 ? Especially since I have hundreds of domains and
> this will be the primary ?
>
> Also, the domains and IPs have been changed in the following named.conf but
> everything else is exactly like it is in the named.conf which gives me the
> error
>
> Thanks for the help
>
> Arv
>
> named.conf
> ----------
>
> // -*- WARNING: THIS FILE IS AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED. DO NOT EDIT -*- //
>
> acl "local-servers" {
>     localhost;
> };
>
> acl "secondary-servers" {
>     1.2.3.4;        // ns1.xyz.org
> };
>
> key rndc_key {
>     algorithm "hmac-md5";
>     secret
> "SXQncyB3wef4tefgergggg5BsZWFybiBhZnRlciB5b3Uga25vdyBpdCBhbGwgdGhhdCBjb3Vu
> dHMu";
> };
>
> options {
>     directory "/var/named";
>     pid-file "/var/run/named.pid";
>     check-names master warn;
>     datasize 20M;
>     stacksize 30M;
>     statistics-interval 1440;   // once per day
>     transfer-format many-answers;       // faster transfers
>     version "DNS server";       // security through obscurity...
>     allow-transfer { local-servers; secondary-servers; };
> };
>
> controls {
>     inet 127.0.0.1 allow { localhost; } keys { rndc_key; };
> };
>
> logging {
>     channel syslog_errors {
>         syslog daemon;
>     };
>     channel file_log {
>         file "/var/named/debug.log" versions 3 size 10m;
>         severity dynamic;
>         print-category no;
>         print-severity yes;
>         print-time yes;
>     };
>
>     category default { syslog_errors; };
>    // Use this for testing/debug:
>     //category default { file_log; syslog_errors; };
>
>     // Ignore all "lame server" errors (assuming none of the lame servers
>     // belong to us: if they do, they should be fixed.)
>     category lame-servers { null; };
> }

Oops. You're missing a semicolon on the line above.


- Kevin

>
>
> view "external" {
>     match-clients { any; };
>     recursion no;       // Refuse recursion for external clients
>
>     zone "1.2.3.in-addr.arpa" in {
>         type master;
>         file "external/7/1.2.3.in-addr.arpa";
>     };
>
>     zone "blah.co.uk" in {
>         type master;
>         file "external/b/blah.co.uk";
>     };