Re: bind has quit working

[Jacob Anawalt <jacob@cachevalley.com>]

Jeff Elkins wrote:

> On Saturday 27 September 2003 9:10 am, Jeff Elkins wrote:
>  
>
> > What is a missing ptr?
> >    
>
> OK, to named.conf I added:
>
> zone "192.in-addr.arpa" {
>        type master;
>        file "/etc/bind/db.192";
> };
>  
A minor note, I'd write db.192 as db.192.168.0, so that if you have 
another private network it's db.192.168.1 or whatever.

The exact name doesn't matter, but I think it's nice to use numbers all 
the way down to the subnet you're claiming reverse dns authority for so 
that you know by glancing at the file name and zone config what network 
it's a pointer record for.

> and /etc/bind/db.192 contains:
>
> ;
> ; BIND reverse data file for 192.168.0.0
> ;
> $TTL    604800
> @       IN      SOA     localhost. root.localhost. (
>                              1         ; Serial
If you were to include the date in the serial number you could quickly 
see when you last made zone changes.

2003092701 ; Serial in YYYYMMDDSN where "si" is the day's serial 
increment number

(SN - Sometimes I'll mess up or a second request for changes will come 
the same day.)

>                         604800         ; Refresh
>                          86400         ; Retry
>                        2419200         ; Expire
>                         604800 )       ; Negative Cache TTL
> ;
> @       IN      NS      localhost.
>  
Do you want  other computers in the network to look to themselves or the 
dns server for resolution of the reverse dns zone?

@ IN NS server.elkins

> 1.0.168.192.in-addr.arpa. IN PTR server.elkins.
> 2.0.168.192.in-addr.arpa. IN PTR router.elkins.
> 10.0.168.192.in-addr.arpa. IN PTR kathix.elkins.
> 20.0.168.192.in-addr.arpa. IN PTR mac.elkins.
> 30.0.168.192.in-addr.arpa. IN PTR music.elkins.
> 40.0.168.192.in-addr.arpa. IN PTR buttons.elkins.
> 50.0.168.192.in-addr.arpa. IN PTR tosh.elkins.
> 60.0.168.192.in-addr.arpa. IN PTR z.elkins.
>
> nslint now reports no errors.  Am I on the right track here?
Yep. It's working, right? :)

I think it's odd that you had to uninstall/reinstall bind I've not yet 
had that issue. I'm glad it's working now.

--
Jacob