[arch-general] BIND 9 problem

[Δημήτρης Ζέρβας]

thanks a million man...
yes, you're right, domains are public :P
didn't know about named-check*!

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On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 7:17 PM, Mantas Mikulėnas <grawity at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 5:55 PM, Δημήτρης Ζέρβας <01ttouch at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > I'm trying to set up my own DNS server but I can't...
> > I registered ns1.mydomain.com as a nameserver and I ponted it to my
> VPS's
> > IP.
> > the I listed ns1.mydomain.com as the nameserver of mydomain.com.
> >
> > I don't know if I've done something wrong with my registrar or my
> > zones/configs are wrong...
> > the logs are absolutely empty!
> >
> > all my confs/zones: http://pastebin.com/z23HRyAh
> > the ONLY thing altered in the confs is the domain
>
> 1. You are missing a $ORIGIN line at the top of your zone file:
>
>         $ORIGIN dimitrisze.com.
>
>     (Don't forget the dot after "com"!)
>
> 2. Your SOA record has a wrong MNAME (master DNS server name) field –
> it should point to a DNS server such as "ns1.mydomain.com." (or just
> "ns1" if you have $ORIGIN), not to the domain itself.
>
> 3. Your SOA field is missing the RNAME (responsible person name) field
> between MNAME and the serial number. It should point to an email
> address in DNS syntax, e.g. "01ttouch.gmail.com." or
> "hostmaster.mydomain.com." (or just "hostmaster").
>
> http://pastebin.com/xPMzG8m2 should be correct. Use "named-checkzone"
> to verify zone files:
>
>     named-checkzone mydomain.com /etc/named/domain-enabled/mydomain.com.db
>
> By the way, hiding the domain is 1) pointless since domain names are
> public anyway, 2) makes it much harder to answer such questions when I
> cannot look at the real information with `dig` and such. (You forgot
> to change line 63, though.)
>
> Also, using "notify no" is a poor idea – makes DNS updates a bit slower.
>
> --
> Mantas Mikulėnas
>