reverse DNS question

[Pete Ehlke]

On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 11:07:54AM -0700, Chris Gray wrote:
> When I perform a reverse lookup directed to the primary name server on
> one the addresses, it doesn't return the hostname.  I have rebooted the
> DNS server and made sure that forward queries are working properly. 
> Also, I am new to DNS administration.  What is 'Dig'?
> 
A: Because people read from top to bottom.
Q: Why is top posting bad?

You seem to want to have PTR records for, say,
193.192-222.136.165.64.in-addr.arpa, but in your zone file, you set the
value of $ORIGIN to 192.136.165.64.in-addr.arpa.

Thus, the line 

193     PTR     dns1.santa-clarita.com.

gives you a PTR record for 193.192.136.165.64.in-addr.arpa., which is
not what you want. Are you sure you followed PacBell's instructions to
the letter?

-Pete

> Cheers!
> Chris.
> 
> >>> "G. Roderick Singleton" <gerry at pathtech.org> 08/06/2003 10:57:52 AM
> >>>
> On Wed, 2003-08-06 at 13:30, Chris Gray wrote:
> > We have been given delegation for our reverse zone, and I set up the
> > reverse zone according to the FAQ sent to me by PacBell, but I am
> still
> > having problems.  Below is the zone file for the reverse lookup.  We
> are
> > running named 8.4.1-REL.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> > 
> > TIA,
> > Chris.
> > 
> > -----------------------------
> > [root at DNS1 master-zones]# cat 192-222.136.165.64.rev
> > $ttl 38400
> > 192.136.165.64.in-addr.arpa.    IN      SOA    
> DNS1.santa-clarita.com.
> > admin.santa-clarita.com. (
> >                         2003080501
> >                         10800
> >                         3600
> >                         604800
> >                         38400 )
> > 192.136.165.64.in-addr.arpa.    IN      NS     
> > DNS1.santa-clarita.com.
> > $ORIGIN 192.136.165.64.in-addr.arpa.
> > @       IN      NS      dns1.santa-clarita.com.
> >         IN      NS      ns1.pbi.net
> > 193     PTR     dns1.santa-clarita.com.
> > 194     PTR     mail.santa-clarita.com.
> > 195     PTR     www.secure-santa-clarita.com.
> > 198     PTR     webcam1.santa-clarita.com.
> > 199     PTR     portal.santa-clarita.com.
> > 200     PTR     phoenix.santa-clarita.com.
> > 201     PTR     pegasus.santa-clarita.com.
> > 205     PTR     santa-clarita.com.
> > [root at DNS1 master-zones]# 
> 
> What EXACTLY do you perceive as the problem? Dig happily finds and
> reports your PTR records as does doc-2.3.3. Maybe you didn't wait long
> enough for propagation.
> -- 
> Gerry Roderick Singleton <gerry at pathtech.org>
> 416-452-4583
> 
>