setting up bind for the first time.

[Kevin Darcy]

Enkhbold. G wrote:

> Hello, Andrew,
>
> >[root at cr562753-a named]# nslookup 24.157.15.174
> >*** Can't find server name for address 24.157.15.174: No response from
> >server
> >*** Default servers are not available
>
> This error mainly mistake your host name or missed config.You made some mistake below:
>
> >named.conf
> >
> >logging {
> >        category cname { null; };
> >};
> >
> >options {
> >        directory "/var/named";
> >        };
> >};
> >
> >zone "." {
> >        type hint;
> >        file "named.ca";
> >};
> >zone "e-webmentor.com" {
> >        type master;
> >        file "e-webmentor.com";
> >};
>
> Domain name does NOT same as database name.You should correct it like as e-webmentor.db or db.e-webmentor etc.

Oh, poppycock! You can call the file any syntactically-legal thing you want. I've used a zonefile-name=zone-name
convention (with the obvious exception for the internal root zone) for many years without problems.

                                                                                                            -
Kevin