How to Setup a Name Servers visible on Internet?

[Eric Kom]

Good Morning all,


I changed some settings in my zones data files but still have a same
complaints: has 0 SOA records, has no NS records and not loaded due to
errors.

please see below my zone files:

File: /var/cache/bind/metropolitanbuntu.co.za

;$ORIGIN metropolitanbuntu.co.za.
$TTL 3H
metropolitanbuntu.co.za.        IN      SOA
ns1.metropolitanbuntu.co.za.    postmaster.metropolitanbuntu.co.za.     (
                                3               ; serial
                                8H              ; refresh
                                2H              ; retry
                                4W              ; expire
                                1D)             ; default_TTL
;
metropolitanbuntu.co.za.        IN      NS
ns1.metropolitanbuntu.co.za.
metropolitanbuntu.co.za.        IN      NS
ns2.metropolitanbuntu.co.za.
;
metropolitanbuntu.co.za.        IN      MX      10
mail.metropolitanbuntu.co.za.
;
metropolitanbuntu.co.za.        IN      TXT     "Metropolitan College
DNS Server."
;
localhost       IN      A       127.0.0.1
ns1     IN      A       41.134.194.90
ns2     IN      A       41.134.194.91
ns1     IN      A       10.0.0.80
ns2     IN      A       10.0.0.82
www     IN      A       10.0.0.81
www     IN      A       10.0.0.82
mail    IN      A       10.0.0.84
backup  IN      A       10.0.0.102
;
ftp     IN      CNAME   www
img     IN      CNAME   www
*       IN      CNAME   www
imap    IN      CNAME   mail
pop     IN      CNAME   mail
pop3    IN      CNAME   mail
smtp    IN      CNAME   mail

 File: /var/cache/bind/0.0.10.in-addr.arpa


$TTL 38400
0.0.10.in-addr.arpa.    IN      SOA     ns1.metropolitanbuntu.co.za.
postmaster.metropolitanbuntu.co.za.     (
                        3               ; serial
                        8H              ; refresh
                        2H              ; retry
                        4W              ; expire
                        1D)             ; default_TTL
;
0.0.10.in-addr.arpa.    IN      NS      ns1.metropolitanbuntu.co.za.
0.0.10.in-addr.arpa.    IN      NS      ns2.metropolitanbuntu.co.za.
;
80              IN      PTR     ns1.metropolitanbuntu.co.za.
82              IN      PTR     ns2.metropolitanbuntu.co.za.
81              IN      PTR     www.metropolitanbuntu.co.za.
102             IN      PTR     backup.metropolitanbuntu.co.za.
108             IN      PTR     printer-server.metropolitanbuntu.co.za.
31              IN      PTR     ldap.metropolitanbuntu.co.za.

File: /var/cache/bind/194.134.41.in-addr.arpa

$TTL 38400
194.134.41.in-addr.arpa.        IN      SOA
ns1.metropolitanbuntu.co.za.    postmaster.metropolitanbuntu.co.za.     (
                                3               ; serial
                                3600            ; refresh
                                900             ; retry
                                1209600         ; expire
                                43200)          ; default_TTL
;
194.134.41.in-addr.arpa.        IN      NS      ns1.metropolitanbuntu.co.za.
194.134.41.in-addr.arpa.        IN      NS      ns2.metropolitanbuntu.co.za.
;
90              IN      PTR     ns1.metropolitanbuntu.co.za.
91              IN      PTR     ns2.metropolitanbuntu.co.za.


Thanks in advance

On 14/06/2011 19:18, Mark Elkins wrote:
> Eric,
> 
> Did you know that UniForum SA (the CO.ZA administrators) provide free
> DNS classes for people that live in South Africa? (Intro and Advanced).
> 
> So you'd need to get over to Johannesburg and/or Cape Town and pay for
> some accommodation - but the courses are free. You can see and book for
> the courses via the CO.ZA Web site. Courses are run twice a year.
> 
> 
> On Tue, 2011-06-14 at 14:25 +0200, erickom at kom.za.net wrote:
>> On 14/06/2011 10:15, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote:
>>> On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 09:58:36AM +0200,
>>>  erickom at kom.za.net <erickom at kom.za.net> wrote
>>>  a message of 80 lines which said:
>>>
>>>> sorry for that, please see below the content for my reverse file 
>>>> data:
>>>>
>>>> File: /var/cache/bind/metropolitanbntu.co.za.inv:
>>> ...
>>>> 41.134.194.90.  IN      PTR     ns1.metropolitanbuntu.co.za.
>>>
>>> Then, BIND is perfectly right, 41.134.194.90 does not belong to
>>> 0.0.10.in-addr.arpa...
>>>
>>>> 10.0.0.80.      IN      PTR     ns1.metropolitanbuntu.co.za.
>>>
>>> More subtle here: you should have learn about PTR records before
>>> trying it (may I suggest Liu & Albitz' book?) 10.0.0.80 should have
>>> been written just 80 (thus forming the name 80.0.0.10.in-addr.arpa).
>>>
>> Thank you in advance!
>>
>> I order the book and waiting for the delivery,
>>
>> I also fund a PDF copy on internet.
>>
> [outputs deleted]
> 


-- 
Your Truly

Eric Kom

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