loading from master file failed: unknown class/type

[Mark Andrews]

In message <8D870AB38C30EC4C848A11A3F83D20D8F884E29393 at exchange2007.mmicmanhome
net.local>, "Security Admin (NetSec)" writes:
> Sunday night brain fart.  Having trouble configuring a hosts files.  I rece=
> ive an "ns1 named[27823]: zone prana.us/IN/external: loading from master fi=
> le pranaustwc.hosts failed: unknown class/type" error.

There is a error message with a line number before this in the log.

> The "pranaustwc.hosts" file is:
> 
> # cat pranaustwc.hosts

$ORIGIN not ORIGIN.  "." is not a type or class. :-)

> ORIGIN .
> $TTL 3600       ; 1 hour
> prana.us                IN SOA  ns1.netsecdesign.com. secadmin.netsecdesign=
> .com. (
>                                 2010031403 ; serial
>                                 3600       ; refresh (1 hour)
>                                 1800       ; retry (30 minutes)
>                                 1209600    ; expire (2 weeks)
>                                 900        ; minimum (15 minutes)
>                                 )
>                         NS      ns1.netsecdesign.com.
>                         NS      ns2.netsecdesign.com.
>                         NS      ns1.webworldinc.net.
>                         MX      5       mailgate.netsecdesign.com.
>                         MX      20      portus.netsecdesign.com.
>                         A       67.52.187.27
> $ORIGIN prana.us.
> www                     A       67.52.187.27
> webmail                 CNAME   webmail.netsecdesign.com.
> prana.us.               IN TXT  "v=3Dspf1 mx ptr ipv4:67.52.187.21 ipv4:67.=
> 52.187.22 ~all"
> mailgate.netsecdesign.com.      IN TXT  "v=3Dspf1 a -all"
> portus.netsecdesign.com.        IN TXT  "v=3Dspf1 a -all"
> 
> 
> any help would be appreciated.  Thanks in advance!!
-- 
Mark Andrews, ISC
1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia
PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742                 INTERNET: marka at isc.org