Non-internet Master Server

[Mark Damrose]

That error message sounds to me like nslookup gets no response from the DNS
server.  Have you verified that the server is actually running?  Listening
on localhost?  Not blocked by a firewall?  Are there any error messages in
the logs?

I do see that you use home.net in your hosts file and your root delegation,
and use home.edu everywhere else.  I don't think that's fatal, but you might
try fixing that.

"M. Cao" <mcao at u.washington.edu> wrote in message
news:a17s05$9fm at pub3.rc.vix.com...
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I try to setup NON-Internet master DNS server.
> Can you help me to find out the error on configuration files, which give
> me this error.
>
> bash-2.03# hostname
> sanjose.home.edu
> bash-2.03# nslookup
> *** Can't find server name for address 10.10.10.20: Server failed
> *** Default servers are not available
>
>
>
> Server hostname: sanjose
> IP: 10.10.10.20
> domain: home.edu
>
> Following configuration files are:
>
> bash-2.03# cat named.conf
> options {
>         directory "/usr/local/etc";
> };
>
> zone "0.0.127.in-addr.arpa" {
>         type master;
>         file "primary/db.127.0.0";
> };
>
> zone "home.edu" {
>         type master;
>         file "primary/home.edu";
> };
>
> zone "10.10.10.in-addr-arpa" {
>         type master;
>         file "primary/rev.10.10.10";
> };
>
> zone "." in {
>         type master;
>         file "db.cache";
> };
>
>
> -------------------
>
> bash-2.03# cat db.cache
> . IN  SOA sanjose.home.edu root.sajose.home.edu (
>         7       ;       serial
>         7200    ;       refresh 2       hours
>         3600    ;       retry
>         604800  ;       expire  7       days
>         600)    ;       minimum 10      minutes
>
>         IN      NS      sanjose.home.edu.
>
> home.net. 86400 IN NS sanjose.home.edu.
>
> 10.10.10.in-addr.arpa.  IN  NS sanjose.home.edu.
>
> sanjose.home.edu. 86400   IN     A     10.10.10.20
>
>
> -----------------
>
> bash-2.03# cat home.edu
> $TTL 86400
> @  IN      SOA     sanjose.home.edu.       hostmaster.home.net.    (
>         9       ;       serial
>         7200    ;       refresh 2       hours
>         3600    ;       retry
>         604800  ;       expire  7       days
>         600)    ;       minimum 10      minutes
>
>         IN      NS      sanjose.home.net.
> ;
> ;
> localhost       IN      A       127.0.0.1
> sanjose         IN      A       10.10.10.20
>
> ------------------
>
>
> bash-2.03# cat rev.10.10.10
> $TTL 86400
> @  IN  SOA  sanjose.home.edu. hostmaster.home.edu.  (
>         11       ;       serial
>         7200    ;       refresh 2       hours
>         3600    ;       retry
>         604800  ;       expire  7       days
>         600)    ;       minimum 10      minutes
>
>         IN  NS  sanjose.home.edu.
> ;
> ;
> ;
> 20      IN      PTR     sanjose.home.edu.
>
> --------------------
>
> bash-2.03# cat db.127.0.0
> $TTL 86400
> @  IN  SOA sanjose.home.edu. hostmaster.home.edu. (
>         6      ; serial
>         3600            ; refresh
>         1200            ; retry
>         604800          ; expire
>         86400)          ; min TTL
>
>         IN   NS  sanjose.home.edu.
> 1       IN   PTR     localhost.
>
>
> --------------------
>
>
> bash-2.03# cat /etc/hosts
> #
> # Internet host table
> #
> 127.0.0.1       localhost       loghost
> 10.10.10.20     sanjose.home.edu sanjose
>
>
> ---------------------
>
>
> bash-2.03# cat /etc/resolv.conf
> domain home.net
> nameserver 10.10.10.20
>
>
> --------------------
>
> /etc/nsswitch.conf
>
> hosts:      files dns
> #
>
>
> Thanks in advance !
>
> Minh
>
>
>