[ale] named and DNS HOWTO

David S. Jackson dsj at dsj.net
Wed Jun 23 17:29:57 EDT 1999


I'm just beginning to configure named according to the DNS HOWTO.  I
just created a dsj.net zone file, but when I restart named I get the
following error:

****SNIP****
Jun 23 17:16:21 sylvester named[24505]: dsj.net: Line 19: Unknown
type: mail.
Jun 23 17:16:21 sylvester named[24505]: dsj.net:19: Database error
(mail)
Jun 23 17:16:21 sylvester named[24505]: Zone "dsj.net" (file dsj.net):
no SOA RR found
Jun 23 17:16:21 sylvester named[24505]: master zone "dsj.net" (IN)
rejected due to errors (serial 0)
Jun 23 17:16:21 sylvester named[24505]: listening on [127.0.0.1].53
(lo)
Jun 23 17:16:21 sylvester named[24505]: listening on
[192.168.1.100].53 (eth0)
Jun 23 17:16:21 sylvester named[24505]: listening on [10.0.0.1].53
(sl0)
Jun 23 17:16:21 sylvester named[24505]: listening on
[208.148.155.228].53 (ppp0)
Jun 23 17:16:21 sylvester named[24505]: Forwarding source address is
[127.0.0.1].1469
Jun 23 17:16:21 sylvester named[24506]: Ready to answer queries.
****SNIP****

Note, I'm using diald, so my eth0 isn't always up.  Here's myu dsj.net
zone file:

****SNIP********
   ;
   ;    This is the preliminary dsj.net zone file
   ;
   @    N      SOA     ns.dsj.net. hostmaster.dsj.net. (
                          199906231       ; serial, todays date +
                                          ; todays serial
#
                          8H              ; refresh, seconds
                          2H              ; retry, seconds
                          1W              ; expire, seconds
                          1D )            ; minimum, seconds
  ;
                  NS      ns            ; Inet Address of name server
                  MX      10 sylvester.dsj.net. ; Primary Mail Exchanger
                  MX      20 puddin.dsj.net.    ; Secondary Mail Exchanger
  ;
  localhost       A     127.0.0.1
  ns              A     192.168.1.100
  mail            A     192.168.1.100
*****SNIP*******

Any help as to what is causing my error would be much appreciated!

TIA!

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David S. Jackson                           http://www.dsj.net
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