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- Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
- Path: sparky!uunet!gatech!nscf!wa4phy!sam
- From: sam@wa4phy.ampr.org (Sam Drinkard)
- Subject: Help with named
- Message-ID: <1992Nov7.024048.11501@wa4phy.ampr.org>
- Organization: Unix Business Solutions
- Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 02:40:48 GMT
- Lines: 60
-
- Fellow netters, I have a perplexing problem I could use some assistance
- with. I am attempting to successfully configure named on my system, and
- for the most part, it works. It does have a quirk that really is a pain
- though. Software is ISC 3.01 with patches, box is intel 486-33.
- Ok, here's the deal...
-
- Running as an amateur radio tcp/ip nameserver for our local packet
- network. Have all the necessary files per the docs, BIND documents, etc.
- This machine name is wa4phy. If I use my local ka9q NOS box to request
- any other host machines address that is in the database, it works fine.
- If I place my own host name and address in the host database it causes
- the domain suffix, which is ampr.org. to be appended _again_ to the
- local hosts name of wa4phy, so it comes out in mail headers as
- wa4phy.ampr.org.ampr.org. , which just isn't gonna cut it. One other
- quirk.. if I append the "." to host wa4phy, it does NOT add it, just like
- it's supposed to. If I eliminate the trailing "." it adds the double
- suffix. Another thing, when I query the nameserver for "wa4phy" it
- returns with host unknown. Add the "." and same thing, but if I query
- for "wa4phy." it works. It's driving me nuts. Have looked at the
- named_dump.db and there doesn't appear to be any errors in that, but I
- am not experienced with the nameserver, so there could be and I just miss
- it.
-
- Here's a few lines from the hosts file..
-
- @ IN SOA wa4phy.ampr.org. sam.wa4phy.ampr.org. (
- 1.0 ;serial
- 3600 ;refresh
- 300 ;retry
- 3600000 ;expire
- 86400 ) ;minimum
- IN NS wa4phy
- localhost IN A 127.1
- wa4phy-1.ampr.org. IN A 44.36.28.1
- graves IN CNAME wa4phy-1.ampr.org.
- hs.wa4phy.ampr.org. IN A 44.36.28.2
- gw.wa4phy.ampr.org. IN A 44.36.28.24
- gate IN CNAME gw.wa4phy.ampr.org.
- pc.wa4bro.ampr.org. IN A 44.36.0.53
- wb4tek.ampr.org. IN A 44.36.28.27
-
- I've tried a FQDN type entry for "wa4phy", just "wa4phy" and "wa4phy."
- The only one that works for host lookup is "wa4phy". As it stands now,
- wa4phy isn't even in the host file, since all the local hosts know
- where it is, but still, the machine won't recognize itself :(
-
- The named.boot, hosts.rev, localhosts, etc.. ALL the files are just as
- described and exampled in the BIND documentation.
-
- I don't have much hair now, but if I can't find why this stuff won't do
- as I tell it to, I'll be bald in another week :)
-
- Sure would appreciate some of the experienced nameserver folks replys..
-
- many thanks... sam
-
- --
- Sam Drinkard | internet: wa4phy!sam@galois.nscf.org
- WA4PHY | internet: sam@wa4phy.nscf.nscf.org
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