Almost There ...

Jim Reid jim at rfc1035.com
Mon May 21 12:41:18 UTC 2001


>>>>> "Desmond" == Desmond Coughlan <desmond at cybercable.fr> writes:

    >> If you actually cut and paste your zone file, then the problem
    >> is rather obvious. First, put the $TTL directive on _top_, or
    >> specify the TTL for your SOA RR explicitly.

    Desmond> LOL .. do you know what was causing the problem ?  Sit
    Desmond> down, because this is too fscking funny ...

    Desmond> // 127.0.0

// does not constitute a valid comment in zone files. Read RFC1035.

    Desmond> That's right, the comment.  I removed them from all
    Desmond> files, and rebooted.  The 'no TTL' error went away, and
    Desmond> instead, I got this for all zone files :

    Desmond> dns_master_load: 127.0.0:1: No current owner name

    Desmond> By owner, does BIND mean file ownership ?

No. The owner name is the actual name of the resource record: ie the
thing at the left-hand side of a resource record in the zone file.
If you get the above error it means your zone files are very sick.

http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/ripe-192.html will tell you how to set
up a simple name server. Go and read it and follow its advice.



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