Problem running 8.2.1 on Solaris 2.6

Michael Voight mvoight at cisco.com
Mon Aug 16 18:43:09 UTC 1999



Pradeep Subramaniam wrote:
> 
> I had no problems in downloading, compiling and installing version 8.2.1 on
> my Sparc 5, running Solaris 2.6. On starting the "named" process, however, I
> notice the following:
> 
> 1. The process does not go into daemon mode, ie. the prompt does not return.
> 2. These messages appear in the /var/adm/messafes file:
> 
> Aug 16 13:56:58 radar named[26172]: starting.  named 8.2.1 Mon Aug 16 12:29:03 EDT 1999
> Aug 16 13:56:58 radar   pradeep at radar:/home/pradeep/work/dns/src/bin/named
> Aug 16 13:56:58 radar named[26172]: Zone "tradeit.com" (file tradeit): No default TTL set using SOA minimum instead
> Aug 16 13:56:58 radar named[26172]: Zone "0.211.9.192.in-addr.arpa" (file ptr/ptr192): No default TTL set using SOA minimum instead
> Aug 16 13:56:58 radar named[26172]: Zone "0.0.127.in-addr.arpa" (file named.local): No default TTL set using SOA minimum instead
> Aug 16 13:56:58 radar named[26172]: Ready to answer queries.
> 
> 3. I am unable to query the database, nslookup returns this message:
> 
>  ./nslookup
> *** Can't find server name for address 192.9.211.192: No response from server
> *** Default servers are not available
> 
> Can someone please tell me what I am doing wrong? Thanks.
> 
> Pradeep.
> 

The TTL messages are warnings. You need to specify the TTL outside of
the SOA. 

#2.. Your address is 192.9.211.192, your zone should be something like
192.211.9.in-addr.arpa, not 0.211.9.192.in-addr.arpa.

Find the book DNS & BIND.

Michael


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