Thanks Scott, you have raised a few issues that are not as I had understood
them. May I pick your brain (keyboard) in minute.
Scott McDermott wrote:
> Robert Canary on Sun 5/12 17:02 -0600:
> > What is wrong with the zone file?
> >
> > ; Zone file for wxmzfm.com
> > ;
> > @ IN SOA mchn3.ohiocounty.net. rwcanary.ohiocounty.net. (
> > 2147483647 ; serial
> > 8 ; refresh
> > 2 ; retry
> > 1 ; expire
> > 1 ; default_ttl
> > )
> > ;
> > @ IN NS 208.32.6.30.
> > @ IN NS 208.32.6.20.
> > @ IN MX 10 mail
>
> You do not need the `@'s; they are implied.
>
> Your NS records should be hostnames, and FQDNs if they are not in `@'
Are you saying I should not use the IP address. Instead use
"ns1.ohiocounty.net." . I had always understood to use the IP address incase
of a translation failure.
> (or, the zone this file represents with "zone" statement). They should
> include glue A records if you do not already have them in the database.
> The A records' fields that contain IP addresses do not need trailing
> dots.
>
> Your MX record should not point to a CNAME. It also should point to a
> FQDN if not in `@' and have glue if it's not already in the zone.
The MX record is pointing to a real IP address "mail.ohiocounty.net", did you
see something that indicated otherwise or were you giving me forewarning.
>
> > ;
> > localhost IN A 127.0.0.1
>
> This belongs in a separate database.
Yes, I agree, it does not belong here. oops
>
> > named.ohiocounty.net): No default TTL set using SOA minimum instead
>
> You can get rid of these by setting a $TTL for the zone, at top. They
> are not harmful errors, however.
>
> > Dec 5 17:16:18 mchn3 named[1098]: listening on [127.0.0.1].53 (lo)
> > Dec 5 17:16:18 mchn3 named[1098]: listening on [208.32.6.3].53 (eth0)
> > [...]
> > Dec 5 17:16:43 mchn3 named[1099]: sysquery: sendto([0.0.136.81].53):
> > Invalid argument
>
> Why it's trying to send there, I have no idea, but it's obviously wrong.
>
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