Need Help W/ DNS Server
I REALLY need some help with setting up a DNS server on Mepis. I've been
working hard on this since Monday, I'm short on sleep, so I really feel like
I'm not thinking clearly, but I need to get this (and NIS, which is fubar,
too) working as quickly as possible, so I'd really appreciate help with this
(since nobody on the Mepis IRC channels or forums seems to know what to
do). I've tried other mailing lists, but I'm not getting any suggestions.
Please don't hesitate to tell me if I'm missing the obvious, since, at this
point, my brain feels like it's mud.
I've been using the Debian reference manuals online, but even when I follow
their instructions, it doesn't seem to be enough. I tried using Webmin to
set this up, figuring that would ensure the config files were in proper
shape, but it didn't help.
I think there are several issues. The first is that everytime I try to start
the dns with /etc/init.d/bind9, I get this:
Stopping domain name service: namedrndc: connect failed: connection refused
.
Starting domain name service: namednamed: capset failed: Operation not
permitted
named: capset failed: Operation not permitted
.
I found a reference that capset is a module I can install in the kernel (Mepis
is using 2.6.7). I'd rather not have to recompile the kernel, but I don't
see the source on the install (I can't remember the directory, but I thought
it was in /var/libs somewhere), and other than just running insmod, I can't
remember how to get capset installed. (Note: I have not always been getting
the error about capset.)
I used nslint and it thinks everything is okay. I run dnswalk, and I get the
following:
Checking thresh.loc.
BAD: SOA record not found for thresh.loc.
BAD: thresh.loc. has NO authoritative nameservers!
BAD: All zone transfer attempts of thresh.loc. failed!
0 failures, 0 warnings, 3 errors.
While all the Debian docs say the config is in /etc/named.conf, I've
found /etc/init.d/bind9 references /etc/bind/named.conf, so I'm keeping both
files the same. I have the zone files stored in /var/named. Below, I have
listed the files. (I've excluded named.ca, which I downloaded directly from
internic.net, which was named.root on their ftp.)
Any help -- especially any help soon is GREATLY appreciated!
Hal
----------------------------------------Files:-----------------------------
/etc/named.conf:
--------------------------------------------
options {
pid-file "/var/run/named/named.pid";
directory "/var/named";
/*
* If there is a firewall between you and nameservers you want
* to talk to, you might need to uncomment the query-source
* directive below. Previous versions of BIND always asked
* questions using port 53, but BIND 8.1 uses an unprivileged
* port by default.
*/
// query-source address * port 53;
};
//
// a caching only nameserver config
//
zone "." {
type hint;
file "named.ca";
};
zone "localhost" {
type master;
file "named.localhost";
};
zone "0.0.127" {
type master;
file "named.127.0.0";
};
zone "thresh.loc" {
type master;
file "named.thresh.loc";
};
zone "7.16.172" {
type master;
file "named.172.16.7";
};
--------------------------------------------
/var/named/named.thresh.loc:
--------------------------------------------
$TTL 86400
@ IN SOA thresh.loc. root.thresh.loc. (
2005022203 ; Serial
28800 ; Refresh
14400 ; Retry
3600000 ; Expire
86400 ) ; Minimum
IN NS ozma.thresh.loc.
IN MX 10 ozma
ozma IN A 172.16.7.2
tiktok IN A 172.16.7.1
tinman IN A 172.16.7.3
scarecrow IN A 172.16.7.4
thewizard IN A 172.16.7.11
toto IN A 172.16.7.12
scraps IN A 172.16.7.13
mail IN CNAME ozma
smtp IN CNAME ozma
pop IN CNAME ozma
imap IN CNAME ozma
print IN CNAME ozma
fax IN CNAME ozma
server IN CNAME ozma
www IN CNAME tinman
threshnet IN CNAME scarecrow
ldnet IN CNAME scarecrow
--------------------------------------------
/var/named/named.7.16.172:
--------------------------------------------
$TTL 86400
@ IN SOA thresh.loc. root.thresh.loc. (
2005022203 ; Serial
28800 ; Refresh
14400 ; Retry
3600000 ; Expire
86400 ) ; Minimum
IN NS ozma.thresh.loc.
1 IN PTR tiktok.thresh.loc.
2 IN PTR ozma.thresh.loc.
3 IN PTR tinman.thresh.loc.
4 IN PTR scarecrow.thresh.loc.
11 IN PTR thewizard.thresh.loc.
12 IN PTR toto.thresh.loc.
13 IN PTR scraps.thresh.loc.
--------------------------------------------
/var/named/named.localhost:
--------------------------------------------
$TTL 86400
@ IN SOA localhost. root.localhost. (
2005022203 ; Serial
28800 ; Refresh
14400 ; Retry
3600000 ; Expire
86400 ) ; Minimum
IN NS localhost.
localhost. IN A 127.0.0.1
--------------------------------------------
/var/named/named.0.0.127:
--------------------------------------------
$TTL 86400
@ IN SOA localhost. root.localhost. (
2005022203 ; Serial
28800 ; Refresh
14400 ; Retry
3600000 ; Expire
86400 ) ; Minimum
IN NS localhost.
1 IN PTR localhost.
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