SERVFAIL

[John Cantu]

Right, but I set that up and I still get SERVFAIL.

On Monday 28 May 2001 21:19, you wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > I get this error when trying to do a "nslookup 4.34.235.184 127.0.0.1"
> > "server can't find 184.235.34.4.in-addr.arpa: SERVFAIL"
> > My config files follow.
> > John Cantu
> >
> > --------named.conf--------
> >
> > zone "." {
> >         type hint;
> >         file "root.hints";
> > };
> >
> > zone "235.34.4.in-addr.arpa" {
> > 	type master;
> > 	file "myip.dbf";
> > };
> >
> > --------myip.dbf--------
> >
> > @   IN      SOA     jeian.mydomain.com. jeian.mydomain.com. (
> > 			2001052601 ; serial number
> > 			43200 ; refresh 2x per day
> > 			7200 ; retry every 2 hour
> > 			2592000 ; expire after 1 month
> > 			86400 ; TTL is 24 hours
> > mydomain.com.  IN      NS      jeian.mydomain.com.
> > 184     IN      PTR     jeian.mydomain.com.
> > jeian.mydomain.com.   IN      A       4.34.235.184
>
> 	As always check your error logs.  In this case you didn't
> 	close the opening bracket in the SOA record.  You also have
> 	no NS records for 235.34.4.in-addr.arpa.
>
> 	You also have records that belong in your forward zone in
> 	your reverse zone's master file.
>
> 	Also if you don't have the full /24 you should not be declaring
> 	yourself master for 235.34.4.in-addr.arpa.  You should be talking
> 	to your ISP for how to do your reverse mappings.
>
> 	Mark
>
> myip.dbf:
> $TTL  86400
> @   IN      SOA     jeian.mydomain.com. jeian.mydomain.com. (
>  			2001052601 ; serial number
>  			43200 ; refresh 2x per day
>  			7200 ; retry every 2 hour
>  			2592000 ; expire after 1 month
>  			86400 ) ; TTL is 24 hours
> @  IN      NS      jeian.mydomain.com.
> 184     IN      PTR     jeian.mydomain.com.
>
> mydomain.dbf:
> $TTL  86400
> @   IN      SOA     jeian.mydomain.com. jeian.mydomain.com. (
>  			2001052601 ; serial number
>  			43200 ; refresh 2x per day
>  			7200 ; retry every 2 hour
>  			2592000 ; expire after 1 month
>  			86400 ) ; TTL is 24 hours
> @  IN      NS      jeian.mydomain.com.
> jeian   IN      A       4.34.235.184
>
> --
> Mark Andrews, Nominum Inc.
> 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia
> PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742                 INTERNET: Mark.Andrews at nominum.com