Setting Up DNS, Non-existent host/domain - Newbie

[Barry Margolin]

In article <aa6l1q$5jp at pub3.rc.vix.com>,
Michael H. <mykelkim34 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>nslookup gaia.taoki.lan  (my DNS server)
>
>I get :
>
>[taoki:/var/named] root# nslookup gaia.taoki.lan
>Server:  gaia.taoki.lan
>Address:  192.168.1.100
>
>*** gaia.taoki.lan can't find gaia.taoki.lan: Non-existent host/domain
>

Have you checked your log file to see if named reports any errors when it
starts up?

>my files are as such:

You left out the named.conf file.

>---------
>/var/named/db.taoki.lan
>
>; begin taoki.lan zone file
>;
>$TTL	3h
>@		IN	SOA	gaia.taoki.lan.	postmaster.taoki.lan. (
>					01112101	; serial, yymmdd##
>					3h		; refresh
>					1h		; retry
>					1w		; expire
>					1h		; negative caching
>					)
>;
>; nameserver
>;
>		IN	NS	gaia.taoki.lan.
>;
>; mail server
>;
>		IN	MX	10 gaia.taoki.lan.
>;
>; localhost
>;
>localhost	IN	A	127.0.0.1
>;
>;	hosts in taoki.org
>;
>gw		IN	A	192.168.1.1	; TCP/IP router
>gaia		IN	A	192.168.1.100	; Mac OS X
>mikado		IN	A	192.168.1.101	; Other Mac
>;printer		IN	A	192.168.1.102	; HP LaserJet 4ml - not used,
>commented-out

Is this "commented-out" word on a line by itself in the real file, or did
your news posting software wrap it?  If it's like this in the file, you
need to comment the line.


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