a few questions

[John Riehl]

I am relatively new to working with dns & bind.

I have a new server in a new location, replacing a bunch of domains formerly
hosted elsewhere.  the dns server at the old location has updated the ip
addresses to reflect the new location.  However, I am having a problem with
certain services which seem to be related to the reverse domain lookup.   My
question is when a reverse lookup is performed, which dns is being contacted
for the reverse lookup?  (the original dns for the sites, or is it to a dns
in the new ip range?).    (I am stuck in bureaucracy trying to get the dns
moved).

second question,  on the new system, I have set up bind (latest & greatest).
I am getting some errors like this:
May 11 13:55:25 speedy named[397]: ns_forw: sendto([210.176.152.18].53):
Operation not permitted
May 11 14:03:48 speedy named[397]: ns_forw: sendto([198.41.0.10].53):
Operation not permitted
May 11 14:20:22 speedy named[397]: ns_forw: sendto([198.41.0.10].53):
Operation not permitted
May 11 14:20:57 speedy named[397]: ns_forw: sendto([210.176.152.18].53):
Operation not permitted
I suspect that it is related to the fact that I havent gotten this listed as
a dns from internic but I am unsure.  what is an forward operation, why
would my server being doing it  (the server is primarily a virtual hosting
web server).

I am reading the bind o'reilly book as fast as I can.  any jump-to hints
would be appreciated.

thanks,

jr
riehl at earthlink dot net