dns_master_load: root.servers:85: isc_lex_gettoken() failed: unexpected end of input

Talat Malik talat at pobox.com
Wed Apr 23 21:22:13 UTC 2008


Hi All,
Problem solved. It turned out that notepad did not insert CR?LF. I added a
blank line and it worked.

Thanks.

 

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From: Talat Malik [mailto:talat at pobox.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 7:47 PM
To: 'bind-users at isc.org'
Subject: RE: dns_master_load: root.servers:85: isc_lex_gettoken() failed:
unexpected end of input

 

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attaching them inline with the message

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

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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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