Check your /etc/nsswitch.conf file.  You want the line for hosts to be:
dns files

Also be sure named is running.  While it says it is starting do a:
ps -ax|grep name

        -Derek


At 04:53 PM 7/24/2006, David Stanford wrote:
On 7/24/06, Matthias Fechner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Hi David,

David Stanford wrote:
> Now it appears to be working correctly and responding to queries,
however
> I'm noticing I continue to get that same error when I add my CNAME
entry:
> =====
> @              IN       CNAME    www.example.org.
> =====

write:
www     IN      CNAME   example.org.



Best regards,
Matthias

I've tried everyone's suggestions to no avail. Here's my actual
configuration:

[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# /etc/rc.d/named stop
Stopping named.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# tail -12 /etc/namedb/named.conf

zone "daemonbox.net" {
       type master;
       file "master/daemonbox.net";
};

/*
zone "140.246.66.in-addr.arpa" {
       type master;
       file "master/140.246.66.in-addr.arpa";
};
*/
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# cat /etc/namedb/master/daemonbox.net
$TTL 3600        ; 1 hour
daemonbox.net.  IN      SOA     chadwick.daemonbox.net.
dstanford.daemonbox.net. (
                               2006072400      ; Serial
                               1d              ; Refresh
                               2h              ; Retry
                               100d            ; Expire
                               1h )            ; Minimum TTL


; DNS Servers
@               IN      NS      chadwick.daemonbox.net.
@               IN      NS      ns1.nac.net.
@               IN      NS      ns2.nac.net.

; MX Records
               IN      MX 10   mail.daemonbox.net.

; Machine Names
localhost       IN      A       127.0.0.1
chadwick       IN      A       66.246.140.170
mail              IN      A       66.246.246.58
www             IN      A       66.246.140.170
@                IN      A       66.246.140.170

; Aliases
www             IN      CNAME   @
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# /etc/rc.d/named start
Starting named.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# host -t a daemonbox.net localhost
Using domain server:
Name: localhost
Address: 127.0.0.1#53
Aliases:

Host daemonbox.net not found: 2(SERVFAIL)


Does anyone see anything wrong with this? Thanks for all your help!

-David
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