dns_master_load: root.servers:85: isc_lex_gettoken() failed: unexpected end of input
    Talat Malik 
    talat at pobox.com
       
    Tue Apr 22 23:46:56 UTC 2008
    
    
  
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Hi All,
I installed Bind 9.4 on Windows XP and am getting following error while
starting named service:
dns_master_load: root.servers:85: isc_lex_gettoken() failed: unexpected end
of input
My configuration files are attached here:
 
Thanks for the help.
 
------------------------- named.conf -------------------------
// MASTER & CACHING NAME SERVER for EXAMPLE, INC.
// maintained by: me myself alone
// CHANGELOG:
// 1. 9 july 2003 - did something
// 2. 16 july 2003 - did something else
// 3. 23 july 2003 - did something more
//
options {
  directory "C:\Windows\system32\dns\etc";
  // directory directory "/var/named";    
  // version statement - inhibited for security
  // (avoids hacking any known weaknesses)        
  version "get lost";
  // optional - disables all transfers 
  // slaves allowed in zone clauses
  allow-transfer {"none";};
            // Closed DNS - permits only local IPs to issue recursive
queries 
  // remove if an Open DNS required to support all users 
  // or add additional ranges 
  allow-recursion {192.168.15.0/24;};
};
//
// log to /var/log/named/example.log all events from 
// info UP in severity (no debug)
// defaults to use 3 files in rotation
// BIND 8.x logging MUST COME FIRST in this file
// BIND 9.x parses the whole file before using the log
// failure messages up to this point are in (syslog) 
// typically /var/log/messages
//
  logging{
  channel myssi_log{
// file "/var/log/named/example.log" versions 3 size 2m;   -- unix
   file "C:\Windows\system32\dns\etc\log\myssi.log" versions 3 size 2m; 
   severity info;
   print-severity yes;
   print-time yes;
   print-category yes;
 };
 category default{
  myssi_log;
 };
};
// required zone for recursive queries
zone "." {
  type hint;
  file "root.servers";
};
zone "myssi.com" {
  type master;
  file "master.myssi";
// enable slaves only
//  allow-transfer {192.168.23.1;192.168.23.2;);
    allow-transfer {"none";};
};
// required local host domain
zone "localhost" {
  type master;
  file "master.localhost";
  allow-update{none;};
};
// localhost reverse map
zone "0.0.127.in-addr.arpa" {
  type master;
  file "127.0.0.rev";
  allow-update{none;};
};
// reverse map for class C 192.168.15.0
zone "15.168.192.IN-ADDR.ARPA" {
  type master;
  file "192.168.0.rev";
};
------------------------------------------------------------------
root.servers --------------------------------------------
;       This file holds the information on root name servers needed to
;       initialize cache of Internet domain name servers
;       (e.g. reference this file in the "cache  .  <file>"
;       configuration file of BIND domain name servers).
;
;       This file is made available by InterNIC 
;       under anonymous FTP as
;           file                /domain/named.root
;           on server           FTP.INTERNIC.NET
;       -OR-                    RS.INTERNIC.NET
;
;       last update:    Feb 04, 2008
;       related version of root zone:   2008020400
;
; formerly NS.INTERNIC.NET
;
.                        3600000  IN  NS    A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.      3600000      A     198.41.0.4
A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.      3600000      AAAA  2001:503:BA3E::2:30
;
; formerly NS1.ISI.EDU
;
.                        3600000      NS    B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.      3600000      A     192.228.79.201
;
; formerly C.PSI.NET
;
.                        3600000      NS    C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.      3600000      A     192.33.4.12
;
; formerly TERP.UMD.EDU
;
.                        3600000      NS    D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.      3600000      A     128.8.10.90
;
; formerly NS.NASA.GOV
;
.                        3600000      NS    E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.      3600000      A     192.203.230.10
;
; formerly NS.ISC.ORG
;
.                        3600000      NS    F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.      3600000      A     192.5.5.241
F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.      3600000      AAAA  2001:500:2f::f
;
; formerly NS.NIC.DDN.MIL
;
.                        3600000      NS    G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.      3600000      A     192.112.36.4
;
; formerly AOS.ARL.ARMY.MIL
;
.                        3600000      NS    H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.      3600000      A     128.63.2.53
H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.      3600000      AAAA  2001:500:1::803f:235
;
; formerly NIC.NORDU.NET
;
.                        3600000      NS    I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.      3600000      A     192.36.148.17
;
; operated by VeriSign, Inc.
;
.                        3600000      NS    J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.      3600000      A     192.58.128.30
J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.      3600000      AAAA  2001:503:C27::2:30
;
; operated by RIPE NCC
;
.                        3600000      NS    K.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
K.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.      3600000      A     193.0.14.129 
K.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.      3600000      AAAA  2001:7fd::1
;
; operated by ICANN
;
.                        3600000      NS    L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.      3600000      A     199.7.83.42
;
; operated by WIDE
;
.                        3600000      NS    M.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
M.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.      3600000      A     202.12.27.33
M.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.      3600000      AAAA  2001:dc3::35
; End of File
  _____  
From: Talat Malik [mailto:talat at pobox.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 5:04 PM
To: 'bind-users at isc.org'
Subject: dns_master_load: root.servers:85: isc_lex_gettoken() failed:
unexpected end of input
 
Hi All,
I installed Bind 9.4 on Windows XP and am getting following error while
starting named service:
dns_master_load: root.servers:85: isc_lex_gettoken() failed: unexpected end
of input
My configuration files are attached here:
 
Thanks for the help.
    
    
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