RE: Can't start 2nd DNS service

[Alfee Chow <achow dairy-farm com hk>]

Paul,

FYI, my confs

[root emperor /etc]# ndc stop
[root emperor /etc]# ndc start
new pid is 6302
[root emperor /etc]# nslookup
*** Can't find server name for address 127.0.0.1: Server failed
*** Default servers are not available
[root emperor /etc]# ps -aux|grep named
root      6302  0.0  1.1  2304 1472 ?        S    15:08   0:00
/usr/sbin/named
root      6305  0.0  0.4  2124  516 pts/2    R    15:08   0:00 grep named

named.conf
========
options {
        directory "/var/named";
        pid-file "/var/run/named.pid";
        };

zone "xxx.com" {
        type master;
        file "/var/named/xxx.com.hosts";
        };

resolv.conf
========
search xxx.com
nameserver 127.0.0.1

xxx.com.hosts
===========
xxx.com.      IN      SOA     emperor.xxx.com. achow.xxx.com. (
                        933931689
                        10800
                        3600
                        432000
                        38400 )
xxx.com.      IN      NS      emperor.xxx.com.
gentoo.xxx.com.       IN      A       10.2.51.24
emperor.xxx.com.      IN      A       10.2.61.24
swallow.xxx.com.      IN      A       10.7.1.23
berry.xxx.com.        IN      A       10.7.11.21

messages
========
Aug  9 15:08:14 emperor named[6301]: starting.  named 8.2 Wed Mar 31
10:57:12 EST 1999 ^Iroot porky devel redhat com:/usr/src/bs/BUI
LD/bind-8.2/src/bin/named
Aug  9 15:08:14 emperor named[6301]: Zone "xxx.com." (file
/var/named/xxx.com.hosts): No default TTL set using SO
A minimum instead
Aug  9 15:08:14 emperor named[6301]: /var/named/xxx.com.hosts: WARNING SOA
expire value is less than 7 days (432000)
Aug  9 15:08:14 emperor named[6301]: master zone "xxx.com" (IN) loaded
(serial 933931689)
Aug  9 15:08:14 emperor named[6301]: listening on [127.0.0.1].53 (lo)
Aug  9 15:08:14 emperor named[6301]: listening on [10.2.61.24].53 (eth0)
Aug  9 15:08:14 emperor named[6301]: Forwarding source address is
[0.0.0.0].1032
Aug  9 15:08:14 emperor named[6302]: Ready to answer queries.

Anything wrong ?

Regards,
Alfee
-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Monday, August 09, 1999 11:14 AM
To: redhat-install-list redhat com
Cc: @swan.dairy-farm.com.hk
Subject: Re: Can't start 2nd DNS service


Look at your resolv.conf file in the /etc directory and make sure that your
DNS
name server is listed.  Check your messages file and make sure that your DNS
is
actually starting up without errors.