Error messages loading Bind 8.1.2

[Kevin Darcy]

Bob Fitzgerald wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have bind 8.1.2 running on my linux firewall (redhat 5.2). When bind is
> loaded, I receive a series of error messages. Any help on what I should be
> trying most appreciated. (I should add that I can resolve addresses, in
> part I guess, because my named.conf file also ID's my ISP's nameservers as
> forwarders.)
>
> Happy to provide anything else that would help in debugging.
>
> Regards, and thanks,
>
> Bob
>
> Zone file for "matmau.net":
>
> @ IN  SOA  firewall.matmau.net.  myaccount.pacbell.net. (
>      19991202   ;
>      28800      ;
>      4400       ;
>      3600000    ;
>      86400 )    ;
>                NS  firewall.matmau.net. ;
>      firewall  IN A   192.168.1.1
>      localhost IN A   127.0.0.1
>      bob       IN A   192.168.1.2
>      bobwin95  IN A   192.168.1.3
>      yutes     IN A   192.168.1.4
>      portable  IN A   192.168.1.5
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Error message:
>
> Dec  6 18:37:20 firewall named[596]: starting.  named 8.1.2 Thu Sep 24
> 02:47:08 EDT 1998 ^Iroot at porky.redhat.com:/usr/src/bs/BUILD/src/bin/named
> Dec  6 18:37:20 firewall named[596]: cache zone "" (IN) loaded (serial 0)
> Dec  6 18:37:20 firewall named[596]: db.matmau: Line 8: Unknown type:
> firewall.
> Dec  6 18:37:20 firewall named[596]: db.matmau:8: Database error (firewall)
> Dec  6 18:37:20 firewall named[596]: db.matmau: Line 9: Unknown type:
> localhost.
> Dec  6 18:37:20 firewall named[596]: db.matmau:9: Database error
> (localhost)
> Dec  6 18:37:20 firewall named[596]: db.matmau: Line 10: Unknown type: bob.
> Dec  6 18:37:20 firewall named[596]: db.matmau:10: Database error (bob)
> Dec  6 18:37:20 firewall named[596]: db.matmau: Line 11: Unknown type:
> bobwin95.
> Dec  6 18:37:20 firewall named[596]: db.matmau:11: Database error
> (bobwin95)
> Dec  6 18:37:20 firewall named[596]: db.matmau: Line 12: Unknown type:
> yutes.
> Dec  6 18:37:20 firewall named[596]: db.matmau:12: Database error (yutes)
> Dec  6 18:37:20 firewall named[596]: db.matmau: Line 13: Unknown type:
> portable.
> Dec  6 18:37:20 firewall named[596]: db.matmau:13: Database error
> (portable)
> Dec  6 18:37:20 firewall named[596]: master zone "matmau.net" (IN) rejected
> due to errors (serial 19991202)
> Dec  6 18:37:20 firewall named[596]: master zone "1.168.192.IN-ADDR.ARPA"
> (IN) loaded (serial 1997022700)
> Dec  6 18:37:20 firewall named[596]: master zone "0.0.127.IN-ADDR.ARPA"
> (IN) loaded (serial 1997022700)
> Dec  6 18:37:20 firewall named[596]: listening on [127.0.0.1].53 (lo)
> Dec  6 18:37:20 firewall named[596]: listening on [209.233.31.189].53
> (eth0)
> Dec  6 18:37:20 firewall named[596]: listening on [192.168.1.1].53 (eth1)
> Dec  6 18:37:20 firewall named[596]: Forwarding source address is
> [0.0.0.0].1061
> Dec  6 18:37:20 firewall named[597]: Ready to answer queries.

You can't have leading spaces like this, otherwise named imputes the previous leftmost
element -- in this case, "@" -- as the leftmost element of the line, and tries to parse
it accordingly. Which is why it thinks your labels "firewall", "localhost", etc. are
intended as RR types.


- Kevin