BIND 9.3.3rc3 can't load the config?

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Guys,

I'm struggling with the configuration of BIND 9.3.3rc3 on my Red Hat Linux host.
However the config is pretty simple with a single domain and 3 hosts, the server doesn't want to start but spitting out the following errors to the screen...

# /etc/init.d/named start
Starting named: 
Error in named configuration:
example.com.db:12: unknown RR type 'example.com.'
example.com.db:16: unknown RR type 'mail'
example.com.db:17: unknown RR type 'smtp5'
dns_rdata_fromtext: example.com.db:18: near 'CNAME': extra input text
zone example.com/IN: loading master file example.com.db: unknown class/type
_default/example.com/IN: unknown class/type
2.224.10.in-addr.arpa:12: TTL set to prior TTL (216)
zone 2.224.10.in-addr.arpa/IN: loaded serial 2007012602
                                                           [FAILED]

named-checkzone also reports heaps of issues. The most annoying one is the 'unknown RR type' one as I haven't found any details about the meaning of this error.
I have rewritten all the config files for at least two times to make sure they are not in DOS format, even ran dos2unix just in case.

# named-checkzone example.com /var/named/chroot/etc/named.conf |more
/var/named/chroot/etc/named.conf:1: unknown RR type '{'
/var/named/chroot/etc/named.conf:2: unknown RR type 'forwarders'
/var/named/chroot/etc/named.conf:3: unknown RR type 'directory'
dns_master_load: /var/named/chroot/etc/named.conf:3: syntax error
dns_master_load: /var/named/chroot/etc/named.conf:3: syntax error
dns_master_load: /var/named/chroot/etc/named.conf:5: unexpected end of line
dns_master_load: /var/named/chroot/etc/named.conf:4: unexpected end of input
dns_master_load: /var/named/chroot/etc/named.conf:6: syntax error
dns_master_load: /var/named/chroot/etc/named.conf:6: syntax error
/var/named/chroot/etc/named.conf:7: unknown RR type 'type'
/var/named/chroot/etc/named.conf:8: unknown RR type 'file'
dns_master_load: /var/named/chroot/etc/named.conf:8: syntax error
dns_master_load: /var/named/chroot/etc/named.conf:8: syntax error
dns_master_load: /var/named/chroot/etc/named.conf:10: unexpected end of line
dns_master_load: /var/named/chroot/etc/named.conf:9: unexpected end of input
dns_master_load: /var/named/chroot/etc/named.conf:11: syntax error
dns_master_load: /var/named/chroot/etc/named.conf:11: syntax error
/var/named/chroot/etc/named.conf:12: unknown RR type 'type'
/var/named/chroot/etc/named.conf:13: unknown RR type 'file'
dns_master_load: /var/named/chroot/etc/named.conf:13: syntax error
dns_master_load: /var/named/chroot/etc/named.conf:13: syntax error
/var/named/chroot/etc/named.conf:14: unknown RR type 'allow-update'
/var/named/chroot/etc/named.conf:15: unknown RR type 'notify'
dns_master_load: /var/named/chroot/etc/named.conf:17: unexpected end of line
dns_master_load: /var/named/chroot/etc/named.conf:16: unexpected end of input
dns_master_load: /var/named/chroot/etc/named.conf:18: syntax error
dns_master_load: /var/named/chroot/etc/named.conf:18: syntax error
/var/named/chroot/etc/named.conf:19: unknown RR type 'type'
/var/named/chroot/etc/named.conf:20: unknown RR type 'file'
dns_master_load: /var/named/chroot/etc/named.conf:20: syntax error
dns_master_load: /var/named/chroot/etc/named.conf:20: syntax error
/var/named/chroot/etc/named.conf:21: unknown RR type 'allow-update'
/var/named/chroot/etc/named.conf:22: unknown RR type 'notify'
dns_master_load: /var/named/chroot/etc/named.conf:24: unexpected end of line
dns_master_load: /var/named/chroot/etc/named.conf:23: unexpected end of input
zone example.com/IN: loading master file /var/named/chroot/etc/named.conf: unknown class/type


And the following is my configuration:

# cat named.conf
options {
        forwarders      { 192.168.102.10; };
        directory       "/var/named";
};

zone "." IN {
        type hint;
        file "named.ca";
};

zone "example.com" IN {
        type master;
        file "example.com.db";
        allow-update { none; };
        notify no;
};

zone "2.224.10.in-addr.arpa" IN {
        type master;
        file "2.224.10.in-addr.arpa";
        allow-update { none; };
        notify no;
};

# cat example.com.db 
$TTL    86400
$ORIGIN example.com.
@       IN      SOA     ns.example.com. postmaster.example.com. (
                                2007012602      ;
                                3H              ;
                                15M             ;
                                1W              ;
                                1D              ;
                                )

                IN      NS              ns.example.com.
        example.com.    IN      MX      10      mail.example.com.

                ; IN    A               10.224.2.216

        mail    IN      A               10.224.2.216
        smtp5   IN      A               10.224.2.217
        ns      IN      CNAME           mail.example.com.

# cat 2.224.10.in-addr.arpa
$TTL    86400
@       IN      SOA     ns.example.com  postmaster.example.com. (
                                2007012602
                                3H
                                15M
                                1W
                                1D )

                IN      NS      ns.example.com.

        216     IN      PTR     mail.example.com.
        217     IN      PTR     smtp5.example.com.


Could you please help me to find out the reason it can't load the config?

Thanks in advance!

Regards,

John




 
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