Opinon from the pros

[Webb, William W. COL, CAP-GLR/CV]

From:           	erik.andersen at lasat.com
To:             	wwebb at adni.net
Copies to:      	bind-users at isc.org
Date sent:      	Mon, 13 Dec 1999 16:57:21 +0100
Subject:        	Re: Opinon from the pros

> 
> Verio had the reverse DNS configured to show glr.cap.gov for IP
> 198.88.0.19.  Apparently they dropped that configuration and a
> trouble ticket is pending with them to fix it.   In the meantime,
> however, I have three questions for which I would appreciate
> anyones assistance. (I'm using 8.2.2P-5, named is acting
> authoritatively for its zones)
> 
> 1. Are these two entries correct ?
> 
> NAMED.CONF:
> 
> <snip>
> 
> zone "0.88.198.in-addr.arpa" in {
>         type master;
>         file "pz/198.88.0";
> };
> 
> <snip>
> 
> PZ/198.88.0
> 
> IN      SOA     glr.cap.gov.  postmaster.ns1.cap.gov.  (
>                      1999121301 86400 10800 2592000 86400 )
>          NS      ns1.cap.gov.
>          MX      10 glr.cap.gov.
>          PTR     glr.cap.gov.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 2)  When I re-start named, the messages log includes this entry:
> 
> Forwarding source address is [0.0.0.0].1176
> 
> Likewise, when I type nslookup, it says:
> 
> [root at glr pz]# nslookup
> Default Server:  glr.cap.gov
> Address:  0.0.0.0
> 
> "hostname" shows "glr.cap.gov"
> 
> /etc/resolv.conf shows:
> 
> domain glr.cap.gov
> nameserver ns1.cap.gov
> search cap.gov
> 
> Why is the address showing as: 0.0.0.0  instead of 198.88.0.19 ?
> 
> 3.   Contemporaneous with  these "problems," sendmail is
> reporting: gethostbyaddr(198.88.0.19) failed: 2    Is this completely
> unrelated to named or is it solely connected to Verio not having the
> reverse DNS set correctly or ... ?
> 
> THANKS for any help.
> 
> Bill Webb

> There should be an NS record for glr.cap.gov:
>          NS      glr.cap.gov.
> I think the problem is that the ip-address for glr.cap.org can not be found.
> 
> 
> The host 19 on 0.88.198.in-addr.arpa is not listed in your "snip":
> 
> 19       PTR     glr.cap.gov.
> 
> 
> Hope this will help.
> 
> Erik Andersen

Thank you Erik,

I have changed the 198.88.0 file to:

@       IN      SOA     glr.cap.gov.  postmaster.ns1.cap.gov.  (
                        1999121301 86400 10800 2592000 86400 )
                NS      ns1.cap.gov.
                NS      glr.cap.gov.
                MX      10 glr.cap.gov.
19             PTR     glr.cap.gov.

Still receiving the same results as outlined previously.