Simple DNS Configuration

[Derek Ragona]

Check your /etc/nsswitch.conf file.  You want the line for hosts to be:
dns files

Also be sure named is running.  While it says it is starting do a:
ps -ax|grep name

         -Derek


At 04:53 PM 7/24/2006, David Stanford wrote:
>On 7/24/06, Matthias Fechner <idefix at fechner.net> wrote:
>>
>>Hi David,
>>
>>David Stanford wrote:
>> > Now it appears to be working correctly and responding to queries,
>>however
>> > I'm noticing I continue to get that same error when I add my CNAME
>>entry:
>> > =====
>> > @              IN       CNAME    www.example.org.
>> > =====
>>
>>write:
>>www     IN      CNAME   example.org.
>>
>>
>>
>>Best regards,
>>Matthias
>>
>>I've tried everyone's suggestions to no avail. Here's my actual
>configuration:
>
>[root at chadwick ~]# /etc/rc.d/named stop
>Stopping named.
>[root at chadwick ~]# tail -12 /etc/namedb/named.conf
>
>zone "daemonbox.net" {
>        type master;
>        file "master/daemonbox.net";
>};
>
>/*
>zone "140.246.66.in-addr.arpa" {
>        type master;
>        file "master/140.246.66.in-addr.arpa";
>};
>*/
>[root at chadwick ~]# cat /etc/namedb/master/daemonbox.net
>$TTL 3600        ; 1 hour
>daemonbox.net.  IN      SOA     chadwick.daemonbox.net.
>dstanford.daemonbox.net. (
>                                2006072400      ; Serial
>                                1d              ; Refresh
>                                2h              ; Retry
>                                100d            ; Expire
>                                1h )            ; Minimum TTL
>
>
>; DNS Servers
>@               IN      NS      chadwick.daemonbox.net.
>@               IN      NS      ns1.nac.net.
>@               IN      NS      ns2.nac.net.
>
>; MX Records
>                IN      MX 10   mail.daemonbox.net.
>
>; Machine Names
>localhost       IN      A       127.0.0.1
>chadwick       IN      A       66.246.140.170
>mail              IN      A       66.246.246.58
>www             IN      A       66.246.140.170
>@                IN      A       66.246.140.170
>
>; Aliases
>www             IN      CNAME   @
>[root at chadwick ~]# /etc/rc.d/named start
>Starting named.
>[root at chadwick ~]# host -t a daemonbox.net localhost
>Using domain server:
>Name: localhost
>Address: 127.0.0.1#53
>Aliases:
>
>Host daemonbox.net not found: 2(SERVFAIL)
>
>
>Does anyone see anything wrong with this? Thanks for all your help!
>
>-David
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