Internal DNS resolution look up fails

[Barry Margolin]

In article <flckoq$v1q$1 at sf1.isc.org>,
 Bit Twister <BitTwister at mouse-potato.com> wrote:

> On Mon, 31 Dec 2007 16:37:46 +0000 (UTC), Bit Twister wrote:
> > First time DNS newbie here. After 11 hours of howto/documents/template
> > reading and attempts, I still can not resolve my node's name or ip.
> 
> Fixed a few syntax problems, still fails

Check your log to see if named is complaining about something when it's 
trying to load the home.zone and home.reversed files.

> 
> $ nslookup $(hostname)
> Server:         192.168.1.130
> Address:        192.168.1.130#53
> 
> ** server can't find wb.home.invalid: SERVFAIL
> 
> Current configuration
> 
> $ ll /etc|grep /var  (snipped to fit screen)
> lrwxrwxrwx   1 root   root bogon_acl.conf -> 
> ../var/lib/named/etc/bogon_acl.conf
> lrwxrwxrwx   1 root   root hosts -> ../var/lib/named/etc/hosts
> lrwxrwxrwx   1 root   root named.conf -> ../var/lib/named/etc/named.conf
> lrwxrwxrwx   1 root   root rndc.conf -> ../var/lib/named/etc/rndc.conf
> lrwxrwxrwx   1 root   root rndc.key -> ../var/lib/named/etc/rndc.key
> lrwxrwxrwx   1 root   root trusted_networks_acl.conf -> 
> ../var/lib/named/etc/trusted_networks_acl.conf
> 
> 
> # grep -v // /etc/named.conf
> 
> 
> include "/etc/rndc.key";
> 
> controls {
>     inet 127.0.0.1 port 953
>     allow { 127.0.0.1; } keys { mykey; };
> };
> 
> include "/etc/bogon_acl.conf";
> include "/etc/trusted_networks_acl.conf";
> 
> include "/etc/logging.conf";
> 
> options {
>     version "";
>     directory "/var/named";
>     dump-file "/var/tmp/named_dump.db";
>     pid-file "/var/run/named.pid";
>     statistics-file "/var/tmp/named.stats";
>     zone-statistics yes;
>     coresize 100M; 
>     auth-nxdomain yes;
>     query-source address * port *;
>     listen-on port 53 { any; };
>     cleaning-interval 120;
>     transfers-in 20;
>     transfers-per-ns 2;
>     lame-ttl 0;
>     max-ncache-ttl 10800;
> 
>     forwarders { 208.67.222.222; 208.67.220.220; };
>     
> 
>     notify no; 
> 
>     transfer-format many-answers; 
> 
>     max-transfer-time-in 60; 
> 
>     interface-interval 0; 
> 
> 
>     allow-recursion { trusted_networks; };
> 
>     blackhole { bogon; };
> };
> 
> zone "ac" { type delegation-only; };
> zone "cc" { type delegation-only; };
> zone "com" { type delegation-only; };
> zone "cx" { type delegation-only; };
> zone "lv" { type delegation-only; };
> zone "museum" { type delegation-only; };
> zone "net" { type delegation-only; };
> zone "nu" { type delegation-only; };
> zone "ph" { type delegation-only; };
> zone "sh" { type delegation-only; };
> zone "tm" { type delegation-only; };
> zone "ws" { type delegation-only; };
> 
> zone "." IN {
>         type hint;
>         file "named.ca";
> };
> 
> zone "localdomain" IN {
>         type master;
>         file "master/localdomain.zone";
>         allow-update { none; };
> };
> 
> zone "localhost" IN {
>         type master;
>         file "master/localhost.zone";
>         allow-update { none; };
> };
> 
> zone "0.0.127.in-addr.arpa" IN {
>         type master;
>         file "reverse/named.local";
>         allow-update { none; };
> };
> 
> zone "0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.ip6.arpa" 
> IN {
>         type master;
>         file "reverse/named.ip6.local";
>         allow-update { none; };
> };
> 
> zone "255.in-addr.arpa" IN {
>         type master;
>         file "reverse/named.broadcast";
>         allow-update { none; };
> };
> 
> zone "0.in-addr.arpa" IN {
>         type master;
>         file "reverse/named.zero";
>         allow-update { none; };
> };
> 
> zone "home.invalid" IN {
>         type master;
>         file "master/home.zone";
>         allow-update { none; };
> };
> 
> zone "1.168.192.in-addr.arpa" IN {
>         type master;
>         file "reverse/home.reversed";
>         allow-update { none; };
> };
> 
> 
> $ head -13 /var/lib/named/var/named/master/home.zone
> $TTL 86400      ; 1 day
> @               IN SOA  home.invalid root (
>                                 19              ; serial
>                                 1D              ; refresh
>                                 6H              ; retry
>                                 1W              ; expire
>                                 1H              ; minimum
>                                 )
>         IN NS   home.invalid
> fw      IN A    192.168.1.11
> wb1     IN A    192.168.1.12
> wb      IN A    192.168.1.130
> beta    IN A    192.168.1.131
> 
> 
> $ head -14 /var/lib/named/var/named/reverse/home.reversed
> $TTL 86400      ; 1 day
> @               IN SOA  home.invalid. (
>                                 19              ; serial
>                                 8H              ; refresh
>                                 4H              ; retry
>                                 1W              ; expire
>                                 1D              ; minimum
>                                 )
>         IN      NS      wb.home.invalid.
>         IN      PTR     wb.home.invalid.
> 11      IN      PTR     fw.home.invalid.
> 12      IN      PTR     wb1.home.invalid.
> 130     IN      PTR     wb.home.invalid.
> 131     IN      PTR     beta.home.invalid.

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