ReverseLookup does'nt work!!!

[Mark_Andrews at isc.org]

> 
> Hi,
> 
> Thanks for the mail and when i do the dig <domain name> ptr and give our
> server IP address i am getting the following error messages.

	Well the command is "dig -x 164.164.4.5 ptr" not "dig
	164.164.4.5 ptr".  Also you are running a down rev 8.3.x named.
 
> ; <<>> DiG 2.0 <<>> 164.164.4.5 ptr
> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY , status: NXDOMAIN, id: 6
> ;; flags: qr aa rd ra ; Ques: 1, Ans: 0, Auth: 1, Addit: 1
> ;; QUESTIONS:
> ;;      164.164.4.5, type = PTR, class = IN
> 
> ;; AUTHORITY RECORDS:
> .       86400   SOA     A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.  NSTLD.VERISIGN-GRS.COM. (
>                         2002121100      ;serial
>                         1800    ;refresh
>                         900     ;retry
>                         604800  ;expire
>                         86400 ) ;minim
> 
> 
> ;; ADDITIONAL RECORDS:
> .       0       41      ???
> 
> 
> ;; Sent 1 pkts, answer found in time: 891 msec
> ;; FROM: stpb.soft.net to SERVER: default -- 164.164.4.5
> ;; WHEN: Wed Dec 11 16:55:03 2002
> ;; MSG SIZE  sent: 29  rcvd: 115
> 
> and the log says:
> Dec 11 16:54:13 stpb.soft.net named[10877]: master zone
> "164.164.in-addr.arpa" (
> IN) rejected due to errors (serial 3851322646)
> 
> But iam sure the we have necessary reverse delegation happenend since if i
> go back to the old BIND version.
> 
> Any help please???

	Read the rest of the log.  The reason for the zone being rejected
	will be there.
 
> Regards,
> 
> V.N.SEKHAR
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bind-users-bounce at isc.org [mailto:bind-users-bounce at isc.org]On
> Behalf Of Kevin Darcy
> Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 11:49 PM
> To: bind-users at isc.org
> Subject: Re: ReverseLookup does'nt work!!!
> 
> 
> 
> "\"V.N.SEKHAR\"" wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am installing BIND 8.3 on Solaris 2.6 Box.Now the forward lookup is
> > working fine i.e i am able to resolve all the records using nslookup But
> > nslookup gives the "error message can not find the server name for the IP
> > address,Server failed".But with the old DNS version reverse lookup works
> > fine.
> >
> > My named.conf file looks like this.
> >
> > options {
> >         directory "/var/named";
> > };
> >
> > zone "." {
> >         type hint;
> >         file "named.root.8.3.1";
> > };
> > zone "0.0.127.in-addr.arpa" {
> >         type master;
> >         file "named.local";
> > };
> > zone "domain.com" {
> >         type master;
> >         file "domain.zone";
> >         notify yes;
> >         allow-transfer {Sec DNS server IP; };
> > };
> >
> > And my named.local file is
> >
> > @       IN      SOA             Host.domainname.  root.host.domainname. (
> >                 99013103        ;Serial no. -  mmyy.ddnn, nn=ver no
> >                 10800           ;Refresh
> >                 3600            ;Retry
> >                 604800          ;Expire
> >                 86400 )         ;Minimum
> >
> >         IN      NS      DNS server host name.
> > 1       IN      PTR     localhost.
> >
> > Whether any body can help me why it does'nt work with the new version but
> > working with the old version.
> 
> Look in your logs for errors at the time named tried to load the relevant
> zone file. Solaris' syslog doesn't capture much of the "daemon" facility by
> default, so you might need to customize that slightly to see the relevant
> messages.
> 
> 
> - Kevin
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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