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Re: Reverse DNS apparently isn't working
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Ghens)
Sat Nov 30 11:24:55 1996
Date: Sat, 30 Nov 1996 08:23:33 -0800 (PST)
From: Michael Ghens <michael@spconnect.com>
To: Chris Powell <helios@brickandivy.com>
cc: redhat-list@redhat.com
In-Reply-To: <199611301616.LAA02018@hexagram.brickandivy.com>
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Got to have your in-addr.arpa domain registered, or at least have your
service provider reregister the domain to to have your nameserver listed.
Michael
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On Sat, 30 Nov 1996, Chris Powell wrote:
> Date: Sat, 30 Nov 1996 11:16:29 -0500
> From: Chris Powell <helios@brickandivy.com>
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> Subject: Reverse DNS apparently isn't working
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> Curiously, I suspected no problems with my DNS service until I tried to
> download the US-only version of Netscape. I was then informed that, because
> my IP # couldn't be resolved to a domain name, I couldn't get the program.
>
> Now, I _thought_ I had set everything up well, following the DNS HOWTO's
> excellent instructions. I took to my files with a magnifying glass, and I
> _still_ cannot find what's wrong. I have four files:
>
> * /etc/named.boot
> * /var/named/root.cache
> * /var/named/pz/207.2.232 (reverse-lookup file)
> * /var/named/pz/brickandivy.com (zone file)
>
> I won't reproduce them here unless someone asks -- I think that their size
> might be unwelcome on the list. However, here is an "ls -d" on my
> nameserver:
>
> > ls -d brickandivy.com
> [pentagram.brickandivy.com]
> brickandivy.com. SOA brickandivy.com
> hostmaster.brickandivy.com. (199611102 10800 3600 3600000 86400)
> brickandivy.com. NS pentagram.brickandivy.com
> brickandivy.com. NS ns1.netside.com
> brickandivy.com. TXT "Brick and Ivy Corporate Consulting"
> brickandivy.com. MX 10 pentagram.brickandivy.com
> pentagram MX 10 pentagram.brickandivy.com
> pentagram A 207.2.232.17
> hexagram A 207.2.232.18
> hexagram MX 10 pentagram.brickandivy.com
> mail CNAME pentagram.brickandivy.com
> localhost A 127.0.0.1
> www CNAME pentagram.brickandivy.com
> ns CNAME pentagram.brickandivy.com
> ftp CNAME pentagram.brickandivy.com
> brickandivy.com. SOA brickandivy.com
> hostmaster.brickandivy.com. (199611102 10800 3600 3600000 86400)
>
> Well, I'll go ahead and reproduce my reverse-lookup file, since it seems to
> be the problem child:
>
> root /var/named/pz # cat 207.2.232
> @ IN SOA brickandivy.com. hostmaster.brickandivy.com.
> (
> 4 ; Serial
> 10800 ; Refresh
> 3600 ; Retry
> 604800 ; Expire
> 86400) ; Minimum TTL
> NS pentagram.brickandivy.com.
> 17 PTR pentagram.brickandivy.com.
> 18 PTR hexagram.brickandivy.com.
>
> Can someone shed light on my reverse-lookup woes? The A records are all
> there, I'm really at a loss... :0
>
> Thanks and best regards,
> Chris Powell
>
>
>
> --
> Christopher Powell Brick and Ivy Corporate Consulting
> powell@brickandivy.com http://www.brickandivy.com
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