DNS reverse mapping not working

[dgmufasa]

Hello all,

When I do :

"host 192.168.1.78"

I get the following answer:
Host 78.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)

How can I fix this?

TIA

[dgmufasa]

Hi again,

I attempted to create a zone for reverse lookup purposes. See attachment.

It does not put anything in the /etc/named.conf file - at all.

What is the problem?

TIA

Also, just to be clear, the info entered is:
Zone: 78.1.168.in-addr.arpa.
NS: ns1.pridelands.com.
Email: d0mufasa.sbcglobal.net.

[dgmufasa]

Hi again,

Now getting this when restarting the nameserver:

[root@zazu etc]# /etc/init.d/named restart
Stopping named: [ OK ]
Starting named:
Error in named configuration:
zone pridelands.com/IN: loaded serial 2012060603
zone stashandcarry.com/IN: loaded serial 2011100801
zone ucacheit.com/IN: loaded serial 2012033001
zone klickmeup.com/IN: loaded serial 2012021201
zone 1.168.192.in-addr.arpa/IN: has no NS records
zone 1.168.192.in-addr.arpa/IN: not loaded due to errors.
_default/1.168.192.in-addr.arpa/IN: bad zone
[FAILED]

Any hints on why this is going on is appreciated.

TIA

[dgmufasa]

Below is what I am getting now. Does anyone have any ideas?

TIA



/etc/named.conf


zone "ucacheit.com" {
type master;
allow-transfer {none;};
file "/var/named/pri.ucacheit.com";
};
zone "pridelands.com" {
type master;
allow-transfer {none;};
file "/var/named/pri.pridelands.com";
};
zone "klickmeup.com" {
type master;
allow-transfer {none;};
file "/var/named/pri.klickmeup.com";
};
zone "stashandcarry.com" {
type master;
allow-transfer {none;};
file "/var/named/pri.stashandcarry.com";
};
zone "1.168.192.in-addr.arpa" {
type master;
allow-transfer {none;};
file "/var/named/kpri.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa";
};

for file: "/var/named/pri.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa"

$TTL 86400
@ IN SOA ns1.pridelands.com. administrator.pridelands.com. (
2012060606 ; serial, todays date + todays serial #
28800 ; refresh, seconds
7200 ; retry, seconds
604800 ; expire, seconds
86400 ) ; minimum, seconds
;

192.168.1.78.in-addr.arpa. PTR ns1.pridelands.com.

When trying to start it, I get

[root@zazu etc]# /etc/init.d/named restart
Stopping named: [ OK ]
Starting named:
Error in named configuration:
zone pridelands.com/IN: loaded serial 2012060603
zone stashandcarry.com/IN: loaded serial 2011100801
zone ucacheit.com/IN: loaded serial 2012033001
zone klickmeup.com/IN: loaded serial 2012021201
zone 1.168.192.in-addr.arpa/IN: has no NS records
zone 1.168.192.in-addr.arpa/IN: not loaded due to errors.
_default/1.168.192.in-addr.arpa/IN: bad zone
[FAILED]

[dgmufasa]

Things worked better when I used the option to "Add New DNS Zones With Wizard". It seems to work for "nala.pridelands.com" but not nala. Is there a way to fix this so it when doing "host nala", you will get an IP address?

TIA


[root@zazu etc]# ping nala
PING nala.pridelands.com (192.168.1.78) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 192.168.1.78: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.080 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.78: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.080 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.78: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.089 ms


[root@zazu etc]# ping 192.168.1.78
PING 192.168.1.78 (192.168.1.78) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 192.168.1.78: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.074 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.78: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.096 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.78: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.094 ms


[root@zazu etc]# cat /etc/named.conf
zone "ucacheit.com" {
type master;
allow-transfer {none;};
file "/var/named/pri.ucacheit.com";
};
zone "pridelands.com" {
type master;
allow-transfer {none;};
file "/var/named/pri.pridelands.com";
};
zone "klickmeup.com" {
type master;
allow-transfer {none;};
file "/var/named/pri.klickmeup.com";
};
zone "stashandcarry.com" {
type master;
allow-transfer {none;};
file "/var/named/pri.stashandcarry.com";
};
zone "1.168.192.IN-ADDR.ARPA" {
type master;
allow-transfer {none;};
file "/var/named/pri.1.168.192.IN-ADDR.ARPA";
};





[root@zazu etc]# vi "/var/named/pri.1.168.192.IN-ADDR.ARPA"
$TTL 86400
@ IN SOA ns1.pridelands.com. d0mufasa.sbcglobal.net. (
2012060606 ; serial, todays date + todays serial #
28800 ; refresh, seconds
7200 ; retry, seconds
604800 ; expire, seconds
86400 ) ; minimum, seconds
;

1.168.192.IN-ADDR.ARPA. 86400 A 192.168.1.78
1.168.192.IN-ADDR.ARPA. MX 10 mail.1.168.192.IN-ADDR.ARPA.
1.168.192.IN-ADDR.ARPA. NS ns1.pridelands.com.
1.168.192.IN-ADDR.ARPA. NS ns2.pridelands.com.
78 PTR ns1.pridelands.com
mail 86400 A 192.168.1.78
www 86400 A 192.168.1.78



[root@zazu etc]# /etc/init.d/named restart
Stopping named: [ OK ]
Starting named: [ OK ]
[root@zazu etc]#


[root@zazu etc]# host 192.168.1.78
78.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer ns1.pridelands.com.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa.


[root@zazu etc]# dig -x 192.168.1.78

; <<>> DiG 9.7.0-P2-RedHat-9.7.0-5.P2.el6_0.1 <<>> -x 192.168.1.78
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 2368
;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 2

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;78.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa. IN PTR

;; ANSWER SECTION:
78.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa. 86400 IN PTR ns1.pridelands.com.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa.

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
1.168.192.in-addr.arpa. 86400 IN NS ns1.pridelands.com.
1.168.192.in-addr.arpa. 86400 IN NS ns2.pridelands.com.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
ns1.pridelands.com. 86400 IN A 192.168.1.70
ns2.pridelands.com. 86400 IN A 192.168.1.70

;; Query time: 0 msec
;; SERVER: 192.168.1.70#53(192.168.1.70)
;; WHEN: Wed Jun 6 17:26:39 2012
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 158


[root@zazu etc]# nslookup nala
Server: 192.168.1.70
Address: 192.168.1.70#53

** server can't find nala: NXDOMAIN

[root@zazu etc]# host nala.pridelands.com
nala.pridelands.com has address 192.168.1.78


[root@zazu etc]# ping nala.pridelands.com
PING nala.pridelands.com (192.168.1.78) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from ns1.pridelands.com.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa (192.168.1.78): icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.075 ms
64 bytes from ns1.pridelands.com.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa (192.168.1.78): icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.096 ms

[falko]

for file: "/var/named/pri.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa"

$TTL 86400
@ IN SOA ns1.pridelands.com. administrator.pridelands.com. (
2012060606 ; serial, todays date + todays serial #
28800 ; refresh, seconds
7200 ; retry, seconds
604800 ; expire, seconds
86400 ) ; minimum, seconds
;

192.168.1.78.in-addr.arpa. PTR ns1.pridelands.com.

This is wrong - it should be

78 PTR ns1.pridelands.com.

[dgmufasa]

Originally Posted by falko

This is wrong - it should be

78 PTR ns1.pridelands.com.

Hello and thanks for the response,

When following your instructions above I get the following:

nala:~ # host 192.168.1.78
78.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer ns1.pridelands.com.

I dont get

nala

nor do i get

nala.pridelands.com

I have 5 machines here locally.

All 5 are defined in the DNS server.

One of the machines has the hostname of nala not nala.pridelands.com but just nala

I am installing a product on nala that requires the reverse lookup definition of 192.168.1.78 to be nala Again, not
nala.pridelands.com but just nala.

Would a better way to deal with this be to just remove the definition of nala from the DNS server so that the definition of nala in the /etc/hosts file will become valid?