Question on 'localhost'

Yves Leclerc yleclerc at destratek.ca
Wed Oct 6 23:34:31 UTC 1999


Sorry for before.

I now have a question on using 'localhost".  I have followed the book and
came up the attached DNS configuration. I have tested my DNS and found it
working, somewhat successfully.

I also got "nslint", suggested from this newsgroup, and did several tests
with it.  This is what I got:

# nslint
nslint: missing "ptr": localhost.maysys.com. -> 127.0.0.1
nslint: missing "a": localhost. -> 127.0.0.1
nslint: missing "ptr": www.maysys.com. -> 216.156.126.218
nslint: 127.0.0.1 in use by localhost. and localhost.maysys.com.


I know the reason for my www.maysys.com  line: it is a site outside my local
network which I do not manage.

However,  I can not seem to solve the localhost problem.

Can anyone give me insight to where/what I did wrong?


Yves Leclerc

PS: You will also find my "syslog" file attached, in-order to help you.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------
(named.conf)

// Created by /etc/named-bootconf.sh from named.boot
// on Fri Oct  1 09:52:38 EDT 1999



options {
 directory "/var/named";
 forwarders { 192.168.0.90; };

 /*
  * 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;

};

zone "." {
 type hint;
 file "db.cache";
};

zone "maysys.com" {
 notify no;
 type master;
 file "db.maysys.com";
};

zone "0.168.192.in-addr.arpa" {
 type master;
 file "db.192.168.0";
};

zone "0.0.127.in-addr.arpa" {
 type master;
 file "db.127.0.0";
};
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------
;
; maysys.soa -- Start of authority for maysys.com
;
@   IN SOA maysysgb.maysys.com. root.maysysgb.maysys.com. (
        1999100402
        10800
        3600
        604800
        86400 )

   IN NS maysysgb.maysys.com.
   IN NS gbunix.maysys.com.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------
;
; db.maysys.com
;
$INCLUDE maysys.soa

;
; Host Addresses
;
localhost.maysys.com.     IN     A 127.0.0.1
maysysgb.maysys.com.   IN     A 192.168.0.99
maysys2.maysys.com.     IN     A 192.168.0.77
gbunix.maysys.com.        IN     A 192.168.0.88
webbeetle.maysys.com.  IN     A 192.168.0.90
;
; Next host address is for external web page address.
; Not stored at Maysys Consulting
;
www.maysys.com.      IN     A 216.156.126.218
;
; Aliases
;
mg                               IN CNAME maysysgb.maysys.com.
mgb                             IN CNAME maysysgb.maysys.com.
gbu                              IN CNAME gbunix.maysys.com.
gb                               IN CNAME gbunix.maysys.com.
wbe                            IN CNAME webbeetle.maysys.com.
web                            IN CNAME webbeetle.maysys.com.
router                         IN CNAME webbeetle.maysys.com.
;
; Workstations TCP address
;
wkst001.maysys.com. IN A 192.168.0.1
wkst002.maysys.com. IN A 192.168.0.2
wkst003.maysys.com. IN A 192.168.0.3
wkst004.maysys.com. IN A 192.168.0.4
wkst005.maysys.com. IN A 192.168.0.5
wkst006.maysys.com. IN A 192.168.0.6
wkst007.maysys.com. IN A 192.168.0.7
wkst008.maysys.com. IN A 192.168.0.8
wkst009.maysys.com. IN A 192.168.0.9
wkst010.maysys.com. IN A 192.168.0.10
wkst011.maysys.com. IN A 192.168.0.11
wkst012.maysys.com. IN A 192.168.0.12
wkst013.maysys.com. IN A 192.168.0.13
wkst014.maysys.com. IN A 192.168.0.14
wkst015.maysys.com. IN A 192.168.0.15
wkst016.maysys.com. IN A 192.168.0.16
wkst017.maysys.com. IN A 192.168.0.17
wkst018.maysys.com. IN A 192.168.0.18
wkst019.maysys.com. IN A 192.168.0.19
wkst020.maysys.com. IN A 192.168.0.20
wkst021.maysys.com. IN A 192.168.0.21
wkst022.maysys.com. IN A 192.168.0.22
wkst023.maysys.com. IN A 192.168.0.23
wkst024.maysys.com. IN A 192.168.0.24
wkst025.maysys.com. IN A 192.168.0.25
wkst026.maysys.com. IN A 192.168.0.26
wkst027.maysys.com. IN A 192.168.0.27
wkst028.maysys.com. IN A 192.168.0.28
wkst029.maysys.com. IN A 192.168.0.29
wkst030.maysys.com. IN A 192.168.0.30
wkst031.maysys.com. IN A 192.168.0.31
wkst032.maysys.com. IN A 192.168.0.32
wkst033.maysys.com. IN A 192.168.0.33
wkst034.maysys.com. IN A 192.168.0.34
wkst035.maysys.com. IN A 192.168.0.35
wkst036.maysys.com. IN A 192.168.0.36
wkst037.maysys.com. IN A 192.168.0.37
wkst038.maysys.com. IN A 192.168.0.38
wkst039.maysys.com. IN A 192.168.0.39
wkst040.maysys.com. IN A 192.168.0.40
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------
;
; db.192.168.0
;
$INCLUDE maysys.soa

;
;  Addresses point to canonical name
;
99   IN PTR maysysgb.maysys.com.
90   IN PTR webbeetle.maysys.com.
88   IN PTR gbunix.maysys.com.
77   IN PTR maysys2.maysys.com.
;
1   IN PTR wkst001.maysys.com.
2   IN PTR wkst002.maysys.com.
3   IN PTR wkst003.maysys.com.
4   IN PTR wkst004.maysys.com.
5   IN PTR wkst005.maysys.com.
6   IN PTR wkst006.maysys.com.
7   IN PTR wkst007.maysys.com.
8   IN PTR wkst008.maysys.com.
9   IN PTR wkst009.maysys.com.
10   IN PTR wkst010.maysys.com.
11   IN PTR wkst011.maysys.com.
12   IN PTR wkst012.maysys.com.
13   IN PTR wkst013.maysys.com.
14   IN PTR wkst014.maysys.com.
15   IN PTR wkst015.maysys.com.
16   IN PTR wkst016.maysys.com.
17   IN PTR wkst017.maysys.com.
18   IN PTR wkst018.maysys.com.
19   IN PTR wkst019.maysys.com.
20   IN PTR wkst020.maysys.com.
21   IN PTR wkst021.maysys.com.
22   IN PTR wkst022.maysys.com.
23   IN PTR wkst023.maysys.com.
24   IN PTR wkst024.maysys.com.
25   IN PTR wkst025.maysys.com.
26   IN PTR wkst026.maysys.com.
27   IN PTR wkst027.maysys.com.
28   IN PTR wkst028.maysys.com.
29   IN PTR wkst029.maysys.com.
30   IN PTR wkst030.maysys.com.
31   IN PTR wkst031.maysys.com.
32   IN PTR wkst032.maysys.com.
33   IN PTR wkst033.maysys.com.
34   IN PTR wkst034.maysys.com.
35   IN PTR wkst035.maysys.com.
36   IN PTR wkst036.maysys.com.
37   IN PTR wkst037.maysys.com.
38   IN PTR wkst038.maysys.com.
39   IN PTR wkst039.maysys.com.
40   IN PTR wkst040.maysys.com.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------
;
; db.127.0.0
;
$INCLUDE maysys.soa


1 IN PTR localhost.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------
(resolv.conf)


domain maysys.com
nameserver 192.168.0.99
nameserver 192.168.0.88
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------
db.cache is the root.boot file downloaded from Internic ftp site Sept. 26,
1999.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------
(syslog)

Oct  6 15:58:34 maysysgb named[10134]: starting.  named 8.1.1 Mon Jul 27
19:13:53 PDT 1998
root at arnold.pdev.sco.com:/x/builds/Netos/bld/usr/src/tcp/cmd/net/bind/bind/s
rc/bin/named
Oct  6 15:58:34 maysysgb named[10134]: cache zone "" (IN) loaded (serial 0)
Oct  6 15:58:34 maysysgb named[10134]: master zone "maysys.com" (IN) loaded
(serial 1999100402)
Oct  6 15:58:34 maysysgb named[10134]: master zone "0.168.192.in-addr.arpa"
(IN) loaded (serial 1999100402)
Oct  6 15:58:34 maysysgb named[10134]: master zone "0.0.127.in-addr.arpa"
(IN) loaded (serial 1999100402)
Oct  6 15:58:34 maysysgb named[10134]: listening [192.168.0.99].53 (net0)
Oct  6 15:58:34 maysysgb named[10134]: listening [127.0.0.1].53 (lo0)
Oct  6 15:58:34 maysysgb named[10134]: Forwarding source address is
[0.0.0.0].2076
Oct  6 15:58:34 maysysgb named[10135]: Ready to answer queries.
Oct  6 15:58:45 maysysgb named[10135]: Sent NOTIFY for "0.0.127.in-addr.arpa
IN SOA" (0.0.127.in-addr.arpa); 1 NS, 1 A
Oct  6 15:58:48 maysysgb named[10135]: Sent NOTIFY for
"0.168.192.in-addr.arpa IN SOA" (0.168.192.in-addr.arpa); 1 NS, 1 A





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