DNS error message
Mathias Körber
mathias at koerber.org
Sun Jan 28 04:03:18 UTC 2001
You mentioned using BIND-8.something in your original
mail. The file below looks suspiciously like a named.BOOT
file which was used in BIND-4. Since BIND-8, a new format
is used and the file is called named.conf.
Please (re-?)read the BIND-8 documentation. There is a perl script
somewhere called bind-bootconf.pl that can help your convert
from a boot to a conf file. Not sure if there is anything similar native
for NT in case you don't have perl.
HTH HAND
> Hi,
> Here are the named.conf and Zoneinfo files, I have censored out the actual
> IP's as per our policy. All these files reside in the
> C:\winnt\system32\dns\etc
>
> ; File: named.conf
> ; Purpose: give the DNS its startup parameters and
> ; list of startup files.
> ;
> ;
> directory C:\\winnt\\system32\\dns\\etc
> ;
> ;
> ; XFRNETS parameter limits the transfer of zone information
> ; to machines matching the subnet wildcard/mask entries listed
> ;
> ;
> ;XFRNETS ###.##.0.0
> ;
> ; establish a loopback entry for this machine, and tell
> ; it to load its identity from db.127.0.0
> ;
> primary 0.0.127.IN-ADDR.ARPA db.127.0.0
> ;
> ; set ourselves as primary server for the zone
> ;
> primary aicfunds.com db.aicfunds
> primary aicfunds.net db.aicfunds.net
> ;
> ; provide reverse address-to-host mapping
> ;
> primary ##.###.in-addr.arpa db.inaddr-aicfunds
> primary ##.###.in-addr.arpa db.inaddr-aicwan
> primary ###.###.in-addr.arpa db.inaddr-unitrax
> primary ##.###.in-addr.arpa db.inaddr-aicfunds.net
> ;
> ; prime the DNS with root server 'hint' information
>
> ;
> cache . db.cache
> ;
>
>
>
> Here is a copy of the db.aicfunds file
> ;
> ; File: db.aicfunds
> ; Purpose: This file establishes the name/address information
> ; for this zone. You will have to fill out the actual
> ; information for your specific zone in the format shown
> ; in the comments.
> ;
> @ IN SOA dino.aicfunds.com. postmaster.aicfunds.com. (
> 97112313 ; serial number
> 43200 ; refresh every 12 hours
> 7200 ; retry after 2 hours
> 1209600 ; expire after 2 weeks
> 172800) ; default ttl is 2 days
> ;
> @ IN NS dino.aicfunds.com.
> 36.128 IN PTR dino.aicfunds.com.
> ; Other Name Servers for this domain? (EXAMPLES ONLY)
> ;
> ; IN NS examplens1.software.com.
> ; IN NS examplens2.software.com.
> ; IN NS examplens3.cerf.net.
> ; IN NS examplens4.webpa.com.
> ;
> ; Local Host Address
> ;
> localhost IN A 127.0.0.1
> ;
> ; Mail Exchange Records (EXAMPLES ONLY)
> ;
> ; software.com. IN MX 20 mailserver.software.com.
> ; IN MX 30 backupserver.cerf.net.
> ; software.com. IN A 198.17.234.33 ; For DUMB Mailers
> ;
>
> aicfunds.com. IN MX 20 exchsvr1.aicfunds.com.
>
> ;
> ; Define local hosts (EXAMPLES ONLY)
> ;
> ;mach1 IN A 198.17.234.33
> ; IN MX 10 mailserver.software.com.
> ; IN MX 30 backupserver.cerf.net.
> ;
> ; Example machine that receives its own mail, first:
> ;
> ;mach2 IN A 198.17.234.34
> ; IN MX 10 mach2.software.com.
> ; IN MX 20 mailserver.software.com.
> ; IN MX 30 backupserver.cerf.net.
> ;
> ;
> ; CNames (EXAMPLES ONLY)
> ;
> ;news IN CNAME mach1.software.com.
> ;www IN CNAME mach1.software.com.
> ;ftp IN CNAME mach1.software.com.
> ;hub IN CNAME mach2.software.com.
> ;
>
> **Lists of servers I have taken out, using the below one as an example.
> dino IN A ###.##.###.36
>
> dns IN CNAME dino
>
> Here is the db.inaddr-aicfunds the other files that are assigned
> for reverse
> lookup follow a similiar format.
> ;
> ; File: db.inaddr-aicfunds
> ; Purpose: This file establishes the address-to-name lookup
> ; information for this zone. You will have to
> ; fill out the actual address information for your
> ; specific zone in the format shown in the comments
> ;
> @ IN SOA dino.aicfunds.com. postmaster.aicfunds.com. (
> 97112310 ; serial number
> 43200 ; refresh every 12 hours
> 7200 ; retry after 2 hours
> 1209600 ; expire after 2 weeks
> 172800) ; default ttl is 2 days
> ;
> @ IN NS dino.aicfunds.com.
> **Lists of servers I have taken out, using the below one as an example.
> 36.### IN PTR dino.aicfunds.com.
>
>
> Got any idea, this has been driving me nuts.
>
> John
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Danny Mayer [mailto:mayer at gis.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 9:15 PM
> To: John Trumbell; Bind-Users (E-mail)
> Subject: Re: DNS error message
>
>
>
> At 10:54 AM 1/23/01, John Trumbell wrote:
>
> >Hi,
> >I am setting up a test DNS server, to resolve a problem with some Proxy
> >software, that requires the use of reverse lookups.
> >
> >I have installed Bind 8.2.3 on a NT4 server (SP5). I have used the Zone
> >files from are actual DNS server and if I do a reverse lookup on the DNS
> >server I get the following reply.
> >
> >***Can't find server name for address (server's Ip address):
> Server failed
> >***Default servers are not available
> >Server: Unknown
> >Address: (server's ip address)
> >
> >*** Unknown can't find (server's name): server failed
>
> You are using nslookup which needs to use the IP address that you
> entered in the network control panel in order to lookup up its name. You
> can find out what it is by typing ipconfig/all. If that server does not
> have a
> PTR record nslookup will fail even though it doesn't need it. Use dig
> instead
> which comes with the kit and doesn't bother with such things.
>
> >The ISC BIND services starts, However in my Application log I
> see a message
> >stating "No root nameserver in class IN" source is named. The test DNS
> >server is listed as the SOA.
>
> You need to post both the named.conf and the zone file so someone
> can tell you what's wrong. Any other message in the application log?
>
> Danny
>
>
>
>
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