newbie

[Kerry Thompson]

OK, here's a few things to check :

 - make sure that the zone file that you're editing is the one configured
for the zone in /etc/named.conf

 - instead of rncd reload, try "kill -HUP <process_id_of_named>"

 - check syslog for reload messages, "grep named /var/adm/messages", you
should see reloading messages for the zone that you've changed, and the
new serial number ( remember to increase it every change you make ). If
you don't see them, then try "grep named /var/log/syslog". If you see no
messages then there's something wrong with the way that the named daemon
is running.

 - when using nslookup, make sure you're referencing the DNS server
properly. On the server itself, you should run "nslookup sknvibes.com
localhost" to make it lookup against the local server.

One of these will surely show up the problem, which is most likely
something fairly simple.

Kerry


Nima Reid said:
> Thanks for the help.  I changed the serial number in the zone data file
> and also in the db.ADDR where I had previously changed the ip address for
> the zone in question but still after rndc reload, the nslookup still has
> the old ip address.  How long does it take for the name server to
> recognize the change?
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> Nima
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> ------------- Original message follows -------------
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> Change the serial number in the zone file to be 2004120901 and run rndc
> reload again. The serial number needs to be increased every time you make
> a change. The format that your site is using is YYYYMMDDnn where nn is
> just a sequential number.
>
> Its a common newbie mistake.
>
> Kerry
>
> --
> Kerry Thompson
> IT Security Consultant
> http://www.crypt.gen.nz
>
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> Nima Reid said:
>> I have bind8 running on solaris 8 and i needed to update the ip address
> for one of the zone files but for some reason after i changed the ip
> address and ran rndc reload the old ip address is still showing up.  I
> changed the TTL from 1 day to 3 minutes but still no luck.  Below is the
> zone data file.  Please help if you can.
>>
>> $ORIGIN .
>> $TTL 180        ; 3 minutes
>> sknvibes.com            IN SOA  NS1.thecable.net. info.thecable.net. (
>>                                 2003013002 ; serial
>>                                 180      ; refresh (3 mins)
>>                                 120       ; retry (2 mins)
>>                                 777600     ; expire (1 week 2 days) 180
>      ; minimum (2 mins)
>>                                 )
>> $TTL 180        ; 3 minutes
>>                         NS      NS1.thecable.net.
>>                         NS      NS2.thecable.net.
>>                         A       216.133.202.181
>>                         MX      10 mail.sknvibes.com.
>> $ORIGIN sknvibes.com.
>> ftp                     A       216.133.202.181
>> mail                    A       216.133.202.130
>> www                     CNAME   sknvibes.com.
>>
>> Nima
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