bind8-> name 2 addr works but not reverse ...

[Kevin Darcy]

You have no trailing period on the "3.0.168.192.in-addr.arpa" record, so the
owner name is interpreted as being
"3.0.168.192.in-addr.arpa.168.192.in-addr.arpa".


- Kevin

Adrian Immler wrote:

> as the title says name to ip works fine ... address to name doesnt...
>
> if i type nslookup it tells me:
>
> ***Can't find server name for address 192.168.0.3: Server failed
>
> and connects to the other nameserver...
>
> my /etc/resolf.conf looks like this:
>
> nameserver 192.168.0.3
> nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
>
> the second nameserver is the one of my isp.
>
> my localnet is a class c network 192.168.x.x where BIND is installed on
> 192.168.0.3 as boss.adi
>
> my /etc/named.conf looks like this:
>
> options {
>   directory "/var/named";
> }
>
> zone "adi" IN {
>   type master;
>   file "db.adi";
> }
>
> zone "168.192.in-addr.arpa" IN {
>   type master;
>   file "db.192.168";
> }
>
> --------------------------------
>
> my db.adi looks like this:
>
> adi. IN SOA boss.adi. root.boss.adi. (
> 1
> 3600
> 900
> 3600000
> 3600
> )
>
> boss.adi. IN A 192.168.0.3
> ......several other hosts, all working
> --------------------------------
>
> my db.192.168 looks like this:
>
> 168.192.in-addr.arpa. IN SOA boss.adi. root.boss.adi. (
> 1
> 3600
> 900
> 3600000
> 3600
> )
>
> 3.0.168.192.in-addr.arpa IN PTR boss.adi.
> ...... several other hosts, none working
> -------------------------------
>
> well as i said, ping to boss.adi or other hosts works .... but no reverse
> lookups with the above error message ...
>
> whats that ?
>
> thanks for help