Re: [gentoo-user] DNS Expert Required

[Hiren Dave]

Hi Uwe,

The main problem in my configuration was this:
> search server1.guru.com server2.guru.com
search guru.com
> zone "server1.guru.com" IN {
make this: zone "guru.com" IN {

After changing this, my dns server is working fine. Thanks a lot dude.

Hiren

On 3/26/06, Uwe Thiem <uwix@××××.na> wrote:

> On 26 March 2006 10:01, Hiren Dave wrote:
>
> Alright, I'll bite. ;-)
>
> Some small errors.
>
> > server1.guru.com (192.168.0.2)  Primary DNS Server
> > server2.guru.com (192.168.0.3)  Secondary DNS Server
> >
> > => Here is my configuration file for server1.guru.com machine.
> >
> > #######################/etc/resolve.conf##############################
> > domain guru.com
> > search server1.guru.com server2.guru.com
>
> search guru.com
>
> (the search string gets appended to non-qualified names)
>
> > nameserver 192.168.0.2
> > nameserver 192.168.0.3
> > ######################################################################
> > ####################/var/named/chroot/etc/named.conf##################
> > options {
> >  directory "/var/named";
> >  dump-file "/var/named/data/cache_dump.db";
> >  statistics-file "/var/named/data/named_stats.txt";
> >  allow-transfer { 192.168.0.3; 192.168.0.1; };
> >  allow-query { 192.168.0.0/24; localhost; };
> >  allow-recursion { 192.168.0.0/24; localhost; };
> > };
>
> allow-tansfer: take out 192.168.0.1; it's unnecessary.
>
> [ snip ]
>
> > zone "server1.guru.com" IN {
>
> make this: zone "guru.com" IN {
>
> >  type master;
> >  file "server1.guru.com.zone";
>
> make this: file "guru.com";   (not strictly necessary)
>
> >  allow-query { any; };
>
> In the general options, you restrict queries to your local network. Why do
> you
> now allow queries from anywhere?
>
> >  allow-update { key rndckey; };
> > };
>
>
>
> > #include "/etc/rndc.key";
> > ######################################################################
> > #######/var/named/chroot/var/named/server1.guru.com.zone##############
>
> make the file "guru.co"
>
> > $TTL 86400
> > @ IN SOA server1.guru.com. root.server1.guru.com. (
>
> BTW, *not* a good idea to make "root" the technical contact for your
> domain.
>
> Now most stuff below can be much easier.
> >     1          ; serial
> >     300    ; refresh (5 minutes)
> >     10         ; retry (10 seconds)
> >     86400      ; expire (1 day)
> >     600        ; minimum (10 minutes)
> >     )
> >
> > @ IN NS server1.guru.com.
> > @ IN MX 10 server1.guru.com.
> >
> > server1.guru.com. IN A 192.168.0.2
> > server2.guru.com. IN A 192.168.0.3
> > win2k.guru.com.  IN A 192.168.0.1
> >
> > www1   CNAME server1.guru.com.
> > www2   CNAME server2.guru.com.
> > www3   CNAME win2k.guru.com.
> >
> > server2 IN MX 0 server1.guru.com.
> > win2k IN MX 0 server1.guru.com.
>
> The lines above can now look this way:
>
>        IN      NS      server1.guru.com.
>        IN      NS      server2.guru.com.
>
>        IN      MX      10      server1.guru.co.
> *.guru.com      IN      MX      10      server1.guru.com.
>
> server1 IN      A       192.168.0.2
> server2 IN      A       192.168.0.3
> win2k   IN      A       192.168.0.1
>
> www1    CNAME   server1
> www2    CNAME   server2
> www3    CNAME   win2k
>
> (Note where I put a fullstop at the end of a name and where not. It's
> important. Your MX statements above are contradictory. So I don't know
> exactly which box your email server is and if you really have more than
> one.
> If so you have to adjust my two MX entries above.)
>
> Adjust server2 accordingly.
>
> I cannot guarantee that I caught all mistakes. Just try it out.
>
> Uwe
>
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