New to this need help.

[Will Yardley]

In article <a705i7$qim at pub3.rc.vix.com>, James W.Smith wrote:
> 
> I am trying to set up lab BIND 9.2.0 dns server on a sparc 20 with
> solaris 8.  Even though my named.conf is working, I am getting
> hammered on my zone files.   I know they are simplistic but hey "start
> small".  I am getting an errors when I examine errors by "grep
> db.15.1.180 /var/adm/messages"
> 
> unknown option $TTL I am also getting "15.1.180in-addr/IN: has no NS
> records" (I have tried the IN  NS in both upper and lower case)

did you type this by hand? 15.1.180in-addr should be
15.1.180.in-addr.arpa, presumably. in any event, are you sure that
you're starting the right named?  have you uninstalled the solaris bind
packages, and possibly edited /etc/init.d/inetsvc so that it won't try
to start in.named if /etc/named.conf exists (or you could compile bind
to put its named.conf in /usr/local/etc/
 
> I have tried to follow instructions from both the DNS & BIND 4th
> edition and from isc troubleshooters; but, I am still getting these
> problems.  I'm sure it is something totally moronic; but, I can't
> figure it out.

does named-checkconf return any errors? what about named-checkzone?
ie:
bacall% named-checkzone veggiechinese.net /var/named/veggiechinese.net 
zone veggiechinese.net/IN: loaded serial 2002031301
OK
bacall# named-checkconf 
bacall# 

(no output is good).

> my reverse zone file  is db.15.1.180 it reads as follows:
> 
> $TTL 1000
> @  in soa jwshost.lab.net. root.lab.net. (
>     1993050801 ;serial
>     3600  ;refresh
>     1800  ;retry
>     604800  ;expiration
>     3600 )  ;minimum;
> ;  Database file 15.1.180.in-addr.arpa. for lab.net zone.
> 
> 
> ;  Zone Name Server records
 
> 15.1.180.in-addr.arpa. in ns jwshost.lab.net.
> 15.1.180.in-addr.arpa. in ns jwshost2.lab.net.
 
you could simplify these to:
                 NS  jwshost.lab.net.
                 NS  jwshost2.lab.net.
	
> 
> 1.15.1.180.in-addr.arpa. in ptr jwshost.lab.net.
> 10.15.1.180.in-addr.arpa. in ptr jwshost2.lab.net.

1                PTR  jwshost.lab.net.
10               PTR  jwshost2.lab.net.

> 1.0.0.127.in-addr.arpa.  in ptr localhost.
 ^^^^^^^^^ this isn't in the zone 15.1.180.in-addr.arpa.
put it in its own db file.

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