Help with Initial Setup of DNS Server Please

[Kevin Darcy]

This isn't how reverse records work. Try a PTR record, with the owner
name being the last octet of the address, and the RDATA being the name
you want the address to map back to, e.g.

0    IN    PTR    myhost.


- Kevin


raymond.storer at us.army.mil wrote:

> I cannot get nslookup to return any info on the A record for the
> static IP in db.5.6.7.0
> What did I do wrong?
>
> Thanks a bunch!
>
> OS: NT 4 Workstation
> DNS: Bind 8.2.3
> Zones:
>         1.2.3.4 caching / quiet /hint??? server
>         5.6.7.8 master server
>
> Ray
>
> ///////////////////////////////////////////////////
> ; db.1.2.3.0
> $TTL 86400
> @       IN      SOA     ns01.army.mil. DOMAIN-REQUEST.AIMS7.army.mil.(
>         2001041401      ; Serial
>         10800           ; Refresh every 3 hours
>         3600            ; Retry after 1 hour
>         604800          ; Expire after 1 week
>         86400           ; Minimum TTL 1 day
> );
>                 IN NS   my.dns.server.
> ; end
>
> /////////////////////////////////////////////////////
> ; db.5.6.7.0
> $TTL 86400
> @       IN      SOA     my.dns.server.  my.dns.server. (
>         2001041401      ; Serial
>         10800           ; Refresh every 3 hours
>         3600            ; Retry after 1 hour
>         604800          ; Expire after 1 week
>         86400           ; Minimum TTL 1 day
> );
>                 IN NS   my.dns.server.
>
> myhost. IN A    5.6.7.9
> ; end
>
> ; db.127.0.0
> $TTL 86400
> @       IN      SOA     ns01.army.mil. DOMAIN-REQUEST.AIMS7.army.mil.(
>         2001041401      ; Serial
>         10800           ; Refresh every 3 hours
>         3600            ; Retry after 1 hour
>         604800          ; Expire after 1 week
>         86400           ; Minimum TTL 1 day
> );
>         IN NS   remote.dns.server.
>         IN NS   remote2.dns.server.
> ; end
>
> /////////////////////////////////////////////////////
> ; named.conf
> /*
> BIND8 main confiuration file with master zone statements: named.conf
> */
>
> options
> {
>  directory "my-local-directory";
>  allow-transfer {none;};
>  allow-query {any;};
>  check-names master ignore;
> };
>
> /* remove/add the comment delimiters below to activate/disactivate
> logging */
> /*
> logging
> {
>  channel my_file {file "named.run"; severity debug; print-time yes; };
>  category default {my_file;};
>  category panic {my_file;};
>  category packet {my_file;};
>  category eventlib {my_file;};
>  category queries {my_file;};
> };
> */
>
> zone "."                IN      {type hint;     file "db.cache"; };
> zone "3.2.1.IN-ADDR.ARPA"       IN      {type hint;     file
> "db.1.2.3.0";};
> zone "7.6.5.IN-ADDR.ARPA"       IN      {type master;   file
> "db.5.6.7.0";};
> zone "0.0.127.IN-ADDR.ARPA"     IN      {type master;   file
> "db.127.0.0"; };
> ; end