Zonefiles and DynDNS DHCP Update Problem

[Mark_Andrews at isc.org]

> 
> brainyartist wrote:
> 
> > Hi Folks,
> >
> > I'm using Suse Linux 8.0 and installed the DHCP server (v3) and bind9.
> > The DHCP server works fine, and tries to update the DNS. This seems to
> > be working too, but if I test it with: "host name", I get an error.
> > But the reverse lookup works correctly, when I try "host ip" (then
> > I'll get the name).
> > Here are the config files (the parts):
> >
> > #dhcpd.conf
> >
> > option domain-name "museumsdienste";
> > option domain-name-servers 192.168.10.1;
> > ddns-update-style interim;
> > ddns-domainname "museumsdienste";
> > update-static-leases true;
> >
> > key DHCP_UPDATER
> > {
> > algorithm HMAC-MD5.SIG-ALG.REG.INT;
> > secret (secret);
> > };
> >
> > zone museumsdienste.
> > {
> > primary 192.168.10.1;
> > key DHCP_UPDATER;
> > }
> >
> > zone 10.168.192.in-addr.arpa.
> > {
> > primary 192.168.10.1;
> > key DHCP_UPDATER;
> > }
> >
> > #named.conf
> >
> > options
> > {
> > auth-nxdomain yes;
> > directory "var/named";
> > forwarders { 213.128.64.11; };
> > listen-on port 53 { 192.168.10.1; 127.0.0.1; };
> > notify no;
> > }
> >
> > #selbst definierte zonen
> > key DHCP_UPDATER
> > {
> > algorithm HMAC-MD5.SIG-ALG.REG.INT;
> > secret (secret);
> > };
> > zone "museumsdienste"
> > {
> > type master;
> > file "/var/named/intranet.zone";
> > allow-update { key DHCP_UPDATER; };
> > notify yes;
> > };
> >
> > zone "10.168.192.in-addr.arpa"
> > {
> > type master;
> > file "/var/named/intranet.reversezone";
> > allow-update { key DHCP_UPDATER; };
> > notify yes;
> > };
> >
> > Zonenfiles (This one doesn't work):
> >
> > #intranet.zone
> > $TTL 2D
> > @ IN SOA server root.server.museumsdienste.
> > (
> > 2002100901
> > 1D
> > 2H
> > 1W
> > 2D
> > )
> >
> > IN NS server
> >
> > #intranet.reversezone works fine
> > $TTL 2D
> > 10.168.192.in-addr.arpa IN SOA server. root.server.
> > (
> > 2002100903
> > 1D
> > 2H
> > 1W
> > 2D
> > )
> > NS server.
> >
> > If I'm testing the zone file with: named-checkzone then for the
> > reverse zone, its fine but for the forward zone comes:
> > dns_journal_rollforward returned: not exact.
> 
> I was able to run named-checkzone (from BIND 9.2.2rc1) just fine on that
> zone file, once I cleaned it up a little, i.e. moving the open
> parenthesis to the first line of the SOA RR, and putting some whitespace
> at the front of the NS RR.
> 
> Did your mailer mess up the presentation of your zonefile like that, or
> are those its actual contents?
> 
> You might also want to delete the .jnl file, since apparently that's
> confusing named-checkzone.
> 
> 
> - Kevin

	It might be better still to say:

		 DON'T CHANGE DYNAMIC ZONES BY HAND.

	Mark
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