Reverse DNS problem

[RJHM van den Bergh]

Hi

I asked my provider to run my own DNS using RFC 2317
They say they have adjusted their DNS so I had to set up reverse DNS.

All works fine except reverse DNS.


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I got a whole bunch of errors from the /var/log/messages.

Nov 25 22:13:33 alpha named[1290]: named.reverse91:4: SOA for "91.205.
204.212.in.addr.arpa" not at zone top "91.205.204.212.in-addr.arpa"
(I just cant seem to get rid of this one.)

Nov 25 22:13:33 alpha named[1290]: named.reverse91:11: data "91.205.20
4.212.in.addr.arpa" outside zone "91.205.204.212.in-addr.arpa" (ignore
d)
(This one I do understand it caused by the first)
(There are of course several of them)

Nov 25 22:13:33 alpha named[1290]: Zone "91.205.204.212.in-addr.arpa"
(file named.reverse91): no NS RRs found at zone top
Nov 25 22:13:33 alpha named[1290]: master zone "91.205.204.212.in-addr
.arpa" (IN) rejected due to errors (serial 199802151)
(Don't get this either. I stated the DNS servers)
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Somehow I think the glue record isn't working.
Think the reverse tree doesn't match

When I do nslookup:
> 91.90.205.204.212.in-addr.arpa.
Server:  localhost
Address:  127.0.0.1

91.90.205.204.212.in-addr.arpa  name = HOSTED-BY.widexs.nl
205.204.212.in-addr.arpa        nameserver = ns1.widexs.nl
205.204.212.in-addr.arpa        nameserver = ns2.widexs.net
ns1.widexs.nl   internet address = 212.204.192.252
ns2.widexs.net  internet address = 212.204.207.192

It states that 212.205.204.91 is hosted by these DNS servers.
This is the old situation !! ?
My DNS server is alpha.comweb.nl
second DNS server should be ns2.widexs.nl

Am I still thinking correct ?

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Here are my current config files :

--------------------------------- named.conf

[root at alpha named]# cat /etc/named.conf
options {
        directory "/var/named";
        /*
         * If there is a firewall between you and nameservers you want
         * to talk to, you might need to uncomment the query-source
         * directive below.  Previous versions of BIND always asked
         * questions using port 53, but BIND 8.1 uses an unprivileged
         * port by default.
         */
        // query-source address * port 53;
};

// IP nummers assigned 212.204.205.91-100

zone "." {
        type hint;
        file "named.ca";
};

zone "0.0.127.in-addr.arpa" {
        type master;
        file "named.local";
};

zone "comweb.nl" {
        notify no;
        type master;
        file "named.comweb.nl";
};

zone "91.205.204.212.in-addr.arpa" {
        notify no;
        type master;
        file "named.reverse91";
};

//
// to do : notify should be yes



-------------the reverse file

[root at alpha named]# cat named.reverse91
;$ORIGIN comweb.nl.
;$ORIGIN 91.90.205.204.212.in.addr.arpa.
$ORIGIN 91.205.204.212.in.addr.arpa.
@ IN SOA alpha.comweb.nl. root.comweb.nl. (
   199802151 ; Serial, todays date + todays serial
   8H        ; Refresh
   2H        ; Retry
   1W        ; Expire
   1D)       ; Minimum TTL
;
@ IN NS alpha.comweb.nl.
@ IN NS   ns2.widexs.net.
;
alpha.comweb.nl. A       212.204.205.91
91      PTR     alpha.comweb.nl.
92      PTR     HostedByComweb.nl.
[root at alpha named]#


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To make it complete my domain zone file:
Works great I can checked that.
Indeed I get the Hinfo and correct DNS servers returned.

[root at alpha named]# cat named.comweb.nl
@ IN SOA alpha.comweb.nl. root.comweb.nl. (
   199802151 ; serial , todays date +todays serial #
   8H        ; refresh , seconds
   2H        ; retry , seconds
   1W        ; expire seconds
   1D )      ; minimum, seconds
;
  NS alpha      ; Inet address of server
  NS ns2.widexs.net. ;
  MX 10 mail.comweb.nl. ; Primairy Mail Exchanger
;                         Omited a Secondary Mail exchanger
localhost       A       127.0.0.1
alpha           A       212.204.205.91
mail            A       212.204.205.91
                HINFO   "Pentium II" "Linux RedHat"
                MX      10 alpha
*               CNAME   alpha
;www            CNAME   alpha
;ns             A       212.204.205.91  ;temp. a local address
;               MX      10 mail
;mail           A       212.204.205.91
;
[root at alpha named]#

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Did play arround with it all day and still can't get it to work.
did try 90.91.205.204.212
WHAT AM I DOING WRONG ??

I'm using a RedHat 5.2 with Bind 8.2.2

Also where can I find more info ?
My books here just only talk about bind 4.9 which is quite confusing to me.

Thanks for a reply.

Rob
rvdb at nedernet.nl
root at comweb.nl
(hostmaster at comweb.nl :-) )