Re: DNS, HTTPD & POP

[Ahbaid Gaffoor <ahbaidg guyana net gy>]

Firstly, thanks,

I'll proceed to answer your questions in the hope that this may narrow down my
problems...

"Jose M. Sanchez" wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ahbaid Gaffoor <ahbaidg guyana net gy>
> To: redhat list <redhat-list redhat com>
> Sent: Saturday, April 03, 1999 11:45 AM
> Subject: DNS, HTTPD & POP
>
> > Hi All, I'm trying to get a few things working, but I'm beginning to
> > wonder if they are
> > inter-related and being affected by the same problem.
>
> Yes, they ARE.

I guess this is more good than bad :)

> > 1) I'm attempting to setup DNS on a small LAN with three PC's:
> >     199.1.1.1 - NT Server box
> >     199.1.1.2 - Linux
> >     199.1.1.3 - Win 98 client
> >
> >      199.1.1.2 is the linux box, where DNS is hosted, my domain name is
> >       abdelsoft.com,
> >
> >       I followed the example given in the Network Administrator's Guide,
> > but
> >       I can't get it to work. After completing the entires for the
> > named.ca, named.hosts,
> >       named.rev and named.local files I stop named via ".
> > ./etc/rc.d/init.d/named stop"
> >       and restart via. ". ./etc/rc.d/init.d/named start".
>
> Which editor did you use to create the files?

I used vi and yes, I'm guilty of tabbing like crazy, nice alignment... I'll fx
these...

>
>
> DNS is very sensitive to the use of TABS...
>
> Personally I use "joe" to edit the files...
>
> Another option is to use the updated linuxconf program with the DNS modules.
> This is easier to utilize.
>
> >       At this stage I get no error messages, however when I type
> > "nslookup" to
> >       test, I get the following error message:
> >
> >       "*** Can't find server name for address 199.1.1.2: Server failed"
> >       "*** Default servers are not available"
> >
> This normally means that your NS record is not pointing to the 199.1.1.2
> address... Check your files...
> You should have one NS record for each "interface" which will answer DNS
> queries. This includes 127.0.0.1...
>
> PERIODS ARE VERY IMPORTANT. Make sure you have correctly specified
> records...
>
> > 2) When I try to start the http daemon, I get the followin error
> > message:
> >      "httpd: cannot determine local host name."
> >      "Use ServerName to set it manually."
> >
>
> What does "uname -a" produce. It should result int the full name of the syst
> em. Http uses the hostname part to determine the interface(s) it is to
> server queries on, unless you specifically specify an interface...
>
> >      What does this mean and could it be what's affecting my DNS setup?
> >
> > 3) I loaded the IMAP RPM and set up a user, sent him some mail, and
> > fired up
> >     Netscape Messenger, I set up a POP account, I could only get mail,
> > when I try
> >     to send mail to another user on the Linux box, I get the following
> > error message:
> >
>
> Do you have a REGISTERED Domain?

No I don't, this is all for a LAN only without a need for a registered domain.

>
>
> Did you "make up" the ip's??? (If so this is a BIG no-no.)

Could you please explain this a bit more? I set the IP's statically on each
machine. I
do not use DHCP.

>
>
> >     First it tries to contact the host machine (199.1.1.2), this takes a
> > while and then
> >     I get the usual:
> >
>
> Reverse lookups as well as forward lookups are not working because your DNS
> is not answering queries, hence the timeouts..
>
> >     "There was no response. The server could be down or is not
> > responding."
> >     "If you are unable to connect again later, contact the server's
> > administrator."
> >
>
> The inability to connect to an ip normally indicates that your networking is
> not working...
>

> Worry about (in this order)
>
> 1) Pinging other machines via IP's - OKAY

>
> 2) Pinging the internet via IP's - No internet connectivity required.

> 3) Getting nslookup to respond to local host names...
> 4) Getting ping to work, on your DNS machine to remove machines, via host
> names...
>
> THEN after everything else is working, deal with MAIL and HTTP services...

I'll retry DNS and uname tonight, thanks again for all of your help... If you
can throw
anything else my way, please do,

again thanks,

Ahbaid.