Problems with bind 8.2.1

[Barry Margolin]

In article <3.0.6.32.19991011120448.009295b0 at tmx.com.ni>,
Ramon Alvarez  <ralvarez at tmx.com.ni> wrote:
>Hello all,
>
>i did installed bind-8.2.1 and it did compiled fine.
>
>#more resolv.conf
>domainname tmx.com.ni
>nameserver 205.218.253.8  
>
># nslookup
>*** Can't find server name for address 205.218.253.8: Non-existent host/domain
>*** Default servers are not available

You don't have reverse DNS configured on your server.

>when i started named the /var/adm/messages:
>
># more messages
>Oct 11 12:00:56 ns1 named[605]: starting.  named 8.2.1 Fri Oct  8 17:56:33
>CDT 1
>999
>Oct 11 12:00:56 ns1     root at ns1:/u1/src/bin/named
>Oct 11 12:00:56 ns1 named[605]: Zone "0.0.127.in-addr.arpa" (file
>127.0.0.db): N
>o default TTL set using SOA minimum instead
>Oct 11 12:00:56 ns1 named[606]: Ready to answer queries. 

You don't have a $TTL statement in your 127.0.0.db zone file, to set the
default TTL.  Insert:

$TTL 999999

at the beginning of the file.

These questions have been answered numerous times, haven't they?  Can't you
check the archives first?

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