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]
