You have a "file not found" error. Specify the working directory and where file names are relative to or use absolute file names.
options { directory "/var/named"; }; Mark In message <CAOqzdMruo=N33U5r5jh-93CRpqfek83uUy5182QCm_XfOm=0...@mail.gmail.com> , Samad Agha writes: > > Hey Gurus, > > I'm a newbie and am trying to set up the simplest DNS server, just a > working version, nothing fancy yet. Below is the steps I've taken already: > 1- Set up my /etc/named.conf as follows: > [root@new-dns1 named]# cd /etc > [root@new-dns1 etc]# cat named.conf > zone "0.0.127.in-addr.arpa" { > type master; > file "db.127.0.0"; > }; > [root@new-dns1 etc]# > > 2- Set up my first zone in /var/named/db.127.0.0 as follows: > > [root@new-dns1 named]# cat db.127.0.0 > $TTL 3D > @ IN SOA new-dns1.ci.glendale.ca.us > mchavoshi.glendaleca.gov. ( > 1 ; Serial > 8H ; Refresh > 2H ; Retry > 4W ; Expire > 1D) ; Minimum TTL > NS new-dns1.ci.glendale.ca.us. > 1 PTR localhost. > [root@new-dns1 named]# > When I restarted named I got the following error: > > [root@new-dns1 named]# service named restart > Stopping named: [ OK ] > Starting named: > Error in named configuration: > zone 0.0.127.in-addr.arpa/IN: loading from master file db.127.0.0 failed: > file not found > zone 0.0.127.in-addr.arpa/IN: not loaded due to errors. > _default/0.0.127.in-addr.arpa/IN: file not found > [FAILED] > > What's wrong? Please don't assume anything as I'm a newbie. > > Many thanks in advance for your excellent work. > > Hiroshi > -- Mark Andrews, ISC 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: ma...@isc.org _______________________________________________ Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe from this list bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users