BIND 9.1.10 problem...

[Barry Margolin]

In article <9mm12a$9g2 at pub3.rc.vix.com>,
RAJENDRA PRASAD  <prasad at blr.cmc.net.in> wrote:
>Aug 17 20:58:58 lpc4 named[29557]: dns_zone_load: zone ./IN: could not
>find NS and/or SOA records
>Aug 17 20:58:58 lpc4 named[29557]: dns_zone_load: zone ./IN: has 0 SOA
>records

These errors refer to the named.ca file, but you didn't post that file.  If
you're using the standard Internet named.ca file, it's intended to be used
with "type hint", not "type master".

>Aug 17 20:58:58 lpc4 named[29557]: dns_zone_load: zone
>Aug 17 20:58:58 lpc4 named[29557]: running
>Aug 17 20:58:58 lpc4 named[29557]: refresh_callback: zone
>intranet.jncasr.ac.in/IN: unexpected rcode (SERVFAIL) from 202.1.1.2#53
>Aug 17 20:58:59 lpc4 named[29557]: refresh_callback: zone
>1.1.202.in-addr.arpa/IN: unexpected rcode (SERVFAIL) from 202.1.1.2#53
>Aug 17 20:59:45 lpc4 named[29557]: refresh_callback: zone
>intranet.jncasr.ac.in/IN: unexpected rcode (SERVFAIL) from 202.1.1.2#53

You need to check the log file on the master server to see why it was
unable to load these two domains.

>NAMED.DATA :-

This file doesn't have any NS records.  BIND requires at least one NS record.

>**************
>; name server data file
>; (also see /etc/named.boot)
>;
>; NAME          TTL     CLASS   TYPE    RDATA
>;
>; setting default domain to "intranet.jncasr.in"
>;
>@               9999999 IN      SOA     .. root... (
>                                        1.4             ; Serial

I don't think recent versions of BIND allow dotted serial numbers.  But
even if it does, they've never been a good idea (they don't work like most
people expect), so you should change to ordinary integers.

>                                        3600            ; Refresh
>                                        300             ; Retry
>                                        3600000         ; Expire
>                                        86400 )         ; Minimum
>@                       IN      MX      10
>lpc2.intranet.jncasr.ac.in.
>loopback                9999999 IN      A       127.0.0.1       ; loopback
>(lo0) name/address
>localhost               9999999 IN      CNAME   loopback
>jncproxy.intranet.jncasr.ac.in. IN      A       202.1.1.1
>lpc2.intranet.jncasr.ac.in.     IN      A       202.1.1.2
>hp1.intranet.jncasr.ac.in.              IN      A       202.1.1.3
>
>NAMED.REV:-
>**************
>
>; BIND version named 4.9.3-P1
>; zone '1.1.202.in-addr.Arpa'   last serial 0
>$ORIGIN 1.1.202.in-addr.arpa.
>                IN      SOA     lpc2.intranet.jncasr.in. (

You're missing a field in the SOA record, root.intranet.jncasr.in.

>                1.3
>                3600
>                300
>                3600000
>                86400 )
>                IN      NS      lpc2.intranet.jncasr.ac.in.
>1               IN      PTR     jncproxy.intranet.jncasr.ac.in.
>2               IN      PTR     lpc2.intranet.jncasr.ac.in.
>3               IN      PTR     hp1.intranet.jncasr.ac.in.
>4               IN      PTR     hp2.intranet.jncasr.ac.in.

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