Not at "wits end" but still a bit confused......

[Barry Margolin]

In article <fuh8l0$1oah$1 at sf1.isc.org>,
 Martes G Wigglesworth <martes at mgwigglesworth.com> wrote:

> I am having trouble resolving my authoritative domain(s).  I am still in
> the test phase, however, I am a bit stumped.  I have not finished
> re-evaluating all aspect of my file(s), however, I wanted to shoot an
> email just in case someone sees a problem prior to my finishing my
> analysis of the dis-functionality.  I have stopped and restarted named
> about five times in the last five hours, and I have seen no difference
> in functionality, asside from a brief period of resolution, where I
> received no address entry in the "question section." section of the
> response. I have been attempting to get my own domain(s) working,
> however, I through in example.com just for testing, and nothing other
> than root server inquiries from the internet work through my name
> server(s). I have listed it below my zone file.
> 
> I would appreciate some assistance, because I don't see why the simple
> file is not resolving anything.
> 
> My zone file, ".../master/example.net" is listed below:
> 
> /*********************ZONE*FILE**********************/
> cat /etc/namedb/master/example.com
> $TTL 86400
> $ORIGIN example.com

Either remove the $ORIGIN directive, or change it to

$ORIGIN example.com.

The origin you specified is example.com.example.com.

I'm surprised you didn't get log messages telling you that you don't 
have an SOA record at the zone top.  Or did you even check your log?

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Barry Margolin, barmar at alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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