reverse address resolution problems

[Mark Damrose]

"Aidan Mark Humphreys" <ahumphr at ZAPgmx.net.easynews.com> wrote in message
news:aiui5o$fol7$1 at isrv4.isc.org...
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> Here is the result executing your recommended query...
>
> -------------------------------------------------------
>
> dig -x @192.168.123.187 192.168.123.187
>
> ; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> -x 192.168.123.187
> ;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
> ;; got answer:
> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 2
> ;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1,
> ADDITIONAL: 1
> ;; QUERY SECTION:
> ;;      192.168.123.187, type = ANY, class = IN
>
> ;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
> ..                       1D IN SOA       A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
> NSTLD.VERISIGN-GRS.COM. (
>                                         2002080800      ; serial
>                                         30M             ;
> refresh
>                                         15M             ; retry
>                                         1W              ; expiry
>                                         1D )            ;
> minimum
>
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> ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
> ; EDNS: version: 0, udp=4096, flags=0000
>
> ;; Total query time: 708 msec
> ;; FROM: bornheim.agenturbell.de to SERVER: default --
> 192.168.123.187
> ;; WHEN: Thu Aug  8 20:18:05 2002
> ;; MSG SIZE  sent: 33  rcvd: 119
> -------------------------------------------------------------
>
> It did not see the local DNS sever as authorative for the local
> 123.168.192.in-addr.arpa. domain and forwared the query to the
> root servers. Why? Surely there must be something wrong in my
> zone file, but I can't see it. How to debug?
>
Do you have 123.168.192.in-addr.arpa. defined in your /etc/named.conf?

Is there a typo?

Do you get any error messages in your logs when you start named?