Also, if you're going to be administering DNS you might want to consider picking up a copy of the venerable DNS and BIND.
-Josh On Dec 16, 2007 11:54 AM, Darren Spruell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Dec 16, 2007 8:33 AM, mufurcz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Greetings, > > > > New DNS server setup, suppose to be authoritative for the > > `transylvania.org.au` zone > > but reverse lookup is not working - as it suppose to work. > > > # dig transylvania.org.au > > --------------------------------------------------------- > > ; <<>> DiG 9.3.4 <<>> transylvania.org.au > > ;; global options: printcmd > > ;; Got answer: > > ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 5537 > > ;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0 > > That query failed to return an answer; your forward lookup zone > doesn't appear to be functioning correctly either. > > > # dig 192.168.1.199 (selena.transylvania.org.au is the DNS server) > > That's not the way you use dig to query for a reverse DNS record on an > IP address. Read the dig(1) manual page, or use one of two possible > syntax: > > $ dig -x a.b.c.d > $ dig ptr d.c.b.a.in-addr.arpa > > > ;; QUESTION SECTION: > > ;192.168.1.199. IN A > > And here's why - you're trying to look up the A record for the IP > address, rather than the PTR record. > > > So, what I am doing wrong? > > I'd say at first glance you don't have your zone files and/or > named.conf configured correctly. The example configs provided under > /var/named/ should get you started quickly. You may want to refer to > the BIND administrator's manual at > http://www.isc.org/index.pl?/sw/bind/index.php. > > Refer later to http://www.cymru.com/Documents/secure-bind-template.html > for tips on securing your BIND configuration to help the rest of us > out. > > > -- > Darren Spruell > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
