Based on that information in your email, it looks like the tool you are using left out the origin statement. This would have the affect of allowing you to use the www name and bind would have appended the domain automatically in response to a query. On Sat, 2003-01-18 at 15:59, Kevin Brouelette wrote: > Hello, > > I haven't seen this on this list since I've been here a week or so, > I've been using testing redhats bind-config tool and it has caused me a > nervous > breakdown until today. When I use it to setup DNS files on a > fresh installed machine, the zone files look fine yet don't work. > I've found a few things by trial and error to share to see if others > have discovered the same. > > After using the tool to create a couple of zones: > > 1st] /etc/named.conf The tool edits and saves a > variety of empty lines, white spaces at the trailing end of most of > the lines in the file, and if I open it with 'vi' in a gui terminal, > I see RED boxes scattered all over the place [even over letters in > comments]. > > So the first thing I do is clean up all the RED boxes, trailing 'white > spaces' > and excessive blank lines. > > 2nd] When the tool creates a zonefile, [for example kbtest.com.zone] it > writes record as follows: > > www IN A 123.234.345.456 > > > This will fail. -But- if I change it to: > > www.kbtest.com. IN A 123.234.345.456 > > along with the above fix to /etc/named.conf and restart named, > the zones resolve and all is good. > > Comments welcome > > Kevin B > > > > > > > > > -- > Psyche-list mailing list > Psyche-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
