Problem with reverse lookups...

[Kevin Darcy]

This is a very confusing configuration. Why do you need all of these "list" files and $INCLUDEs all over the place?

Looks to me like named is expecting to load the reverse zone from a file called "named.group1.rev", but you've put everything into a file called "named.xerox.rev". How do you expect named to find it? And you say you've been
able to get some reverse lookups to work by putting entries into a "named.rev" file, but that file isn't mentioned anywhere in the named.conf you show.

I would recommend one file per master zone, with a consistent naming convention. Much less confusing that way.

                                                                                                                                                    - Kevin
mallik wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have a problem with reverse lookups..
>
> My bind is 8.2.2p5 on solaris..
>
> My machine is in a domain india.celstream.com which is hosting DNS for india.celstream.com & also For group1.celstream.com, group2.celstream.com, group3.celstream.com etc..... DNS nslookup works fine but not reverse lookups.
>
> I have not been able to put in reverse lookup for these groups., where in I have been able to do reverse lookup for india.celstream.com successfully by adding entries into named.rev,
>
> I tried pointing group1.celstream.com to a file with in-addr.arpa but without success., I am missing out some pointer somewhere to point it to reverse, I have been unsuccess ful on the archives & the book...
>
> Could somebody help me in putting the reverse lookup for the individual groups. Thanks in advance.. I am enclosing the config of my server
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Mallik
>
> My named.conf...
>
>
> forwarders {
>                 164.164.89.42;
>                 164.164.4.5;
>         };
>         directory "/var/named";
>         check-names master ignore;
>         check-names slave  ignore;
> };
>
> zone "." {
>         type hint;
>         file "named.ca";
> };
>
> zone "india.celstream.com" {
>         type master;
>         file "celstream.hosts";
> };
>  zone "group1.celstream.com" {
>         type master;
>         file "group1.list";
> };
>
> zone "114.255.10.in-addr.arpa" {
>         type master;
>         file "named.group1.rev";
> };
>
> kiwi:/var/named >more named.group1
> ;
> ; BIND data file for local loopback interface.
> ;
> $TTL    600000
> @       IN      SOA     group1.celstream.com. mallik.kiwi.group1.celstream.com. (
>                         11111   ; Serial
>                         3600    ; Refresh
>                         300     ; Retry
>                         3600000 ; Expire
>                         3600 )  ; Minimum
>         IN      NS      group1.celstream.com.
> 1       IN      PTR     kiwi.group1.celstream.com.
> kiwi.xerox.celstream.com.       IN      A       10.255.10.11
> 114.255.10.in-addr.arpa.      IN      PTR     kiwi.group1.celstream.com.
> $INCLUDE /var/named/group1.list
>
> group1.list
> scanner    A       10.255.114.51
> ;       HINFO   "Sun Ultra 450 Server "
> group1.list contains all machines for the group1..
>
> for the reverse lookup for this group., all the machines are in 10.255.114.x.........   I have put in a in-addr.arpa in the named.conf & populated the file accordingly..
>
> kiwi:/var/named >more named.xerox.rev
> ; BIND data file for local loopback interface.
> ;
> $TTL    600000
> @       IN      SOA     group1.celstream.com. mallik.kiwi.group1.celstream.com. (
>                         97033193; Serial
>                         3600    ; Refresh
>                         300     ; Retry
>                         3600000 ; Expire
>                         3600 )  ; Minimum
>         IN      NS      kiwi.group1.celstream.com.
> 29    IN      PTR     svr1.group1.celstream.com.
> 48    IN      PTR     svr2.group1.celstream.com.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Regards
> Mallik