Error messages loading Bind 8.1.2

Bob Fitzgerald bobf at pacbell.net
Wed Dec 8 02:35:36 UTC 1999


Kevin's solution was on point. Everything now works. I'm posting this in
case anyone else has a similar problem.

Bob

On 6 Dec 1999 18:41:13 -0800, Kevin Darcy <kcd at daimlerchrysler.com> wrote:

>Bob Fitzgerald wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have bind 8.1.2 running on my linux firewall (redhat 5.2). When bind is
>> loaded, I receive a series of error messages. Any help on what I should be
>> trying most appreciated. (I should add that I can resolve addresses, in
>> part I guess, because my named.conf file also ID's my ISP's nameservers as
>> forwarders.)
>>
>> Happy to provide anything else that would help in debugging.
>>
>> Regards, and thanks,
>>
>> Bob
>>
>> Zone file for "matmau.net":
>>
>> @ IN  SOA  firewall.matmau.net.  myaccount.pacbell.net. (
>>      19991202   ;
>>      28800      ;
>>      4400       ;
>>      3600000    ;
>>      86400 )    ;
>>                NS  firewall.matmau.net. ;
>>      firewall  IN A   192.168.1.1
>>      localhost IN A   127.0.0.1
>>      bob       IN A   192.168.1.2
>>      bobwin95  IN A   192.168.1.3
>>      yutes     IN A   192.168.1.4
>>      portable  IN A   192.168.1.5
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
....stuff deleted to save space...

>You can't have leading spaces like this, otherwise named imputes the previous leftmost
>element -- in this case, "@" -- as the leftmost element of the line, and tries to parse
>it accordingly. Which is why it thinks your labels "firewall", "localhost", etc. are
>intended as RR types.
>
>
>- Kevin
>
>


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