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I have installed BIND ON SuSE 11.1 (PPC, on an IBM POWER Server) and in YaST I have an option of DNS Server under network services.
I have been through the wizard, configured forwarders etc, but whenever I do nslookup in Windows I get:
*** Can't find server name for address 192.168.1.98: Query refused
*** Default servers are not available
Default Server: UnKnown
Address: 192.168.1.98
How can I change this? Why is the default server "UnKnown"?
I can look up A records that I specify but if I try to look up say Google I get:
> google.com
Server: UnKnown
Address: 192.168.1.98
*** UnKnown can't find google.com: Query refused
I have noticed that if i manually change named.conf, it changes back when i restart named.
I have added the following via YaST and can be seen in named.conf:
acl allow-query { all; };
acl allow-recursion { any; };
acl allow-transfer { all; };
But I still can't get it working...
One thing to mention is that this is running on a hosted partition on an IBM server and within its own subnet with mask 255.255.255.248. The clients are in the same address range but with a 255.255.255.0 mask. They server is set to allow any requests...but could this be making a difference?
Also I couldn't find the logs so I told it to go to /home/myaccount/dns.log and log everything...but I can't see anything.
Also in YaST it says bind stats will write to /var/log/named.stats...but there is nothing in /var/log with that name
Rather confused here!!
Any help appreciated.
And if it's any use...here is named.conf (i've changed the zone name to "acme"):
suse:/var/lib/named/etc # cat named.conf
# Copyright (c) 2001-2004 SuSE Linux AG, Nuernberg, Germany.
# All rights reserved.
#
# Author: Frank Bodammer, Lars Mueller <lmuelle@suse.de>
#
# /etc/named.conf
#
# This is a sample configuration file for the name server BIND 9. It works as
# a caching only name server without modification.
#
# A sample configuration for setting up your own domain can be found in
# /usr/share/doc/packages/bind/sample-config.
#
# A description of all available options can be found in
# /usr/share/doc/packages/bind/misc/options.
options {
# The directory statement defines the name server's working directory
directory "/var/lib/named";
# Write dump and statistics file to the log subdirectory. The
# pathenames are relative to the chroot jail.
dump-file "/var/log/named_dump.db";
statistics-file "/var/log/named.stats";
# The forwarders record contains a list of servers to which queries
# should be forwarded. Enable this line and modify the IP address to
# your provider's name server. Up to three servers may be listed.
#forwarders { 192.0.2.1; 192.0.2.2; };
# Enable the next entry to prefer usage of the name server declared in
# the forwarders section.
#forward first;
# The listen-on record contains a list of local network interfaces to
# listen on. Optionally the port can be specified. Default is to
# listen on all interfaces found on your system. The default port is
# 53.
#listen-on port 53 { 127.0.0.1; };
# The listen-on-v6 record enables or disables listening on IPv6
# interfaces. Allowed values are 'any' and 'none' or a list of
# addresses.
listen-on-v6 { any; };
# The next three statements may be needed if a firewall stands between
# the local server and the internet.
#query-source address * port 53;
#transfer-source * port 53;
#notify-source * port 53;
# The allow-query record contains a list of networks or IP addresses
# to accept and deny queries from. The default is to allow queries
# from all hosts.
#allow-query { 127.0.0.1; };
# If notify is set to yes (default), notify messages are sent to other
# name servers when the the zone data is changed. Instead of setting
# a global 'notify' statement in the 'options' section, a separate
# 'notify' can be added to each zone definition.
notify yes;
include "/etc/named.d/forwarders.conf";
};
# To configure named's logging remove the leading '#' characters of the
# following examples.
#logging {
# # Log queries to a file limited to a size of 100 MB.
# channel query_logging {
# file "/var/log/named_querylog"
# versions 3 size 100M;
# print-time yes; // timestamp log entries
# };
# category queries {
# query_logging;
# };
#
# # Or log this kind alternatively to syslog.
# channel syslog_queries {
# syslog user;
# severity info;
# };
# category queries { syslog_queries; };
#
# # Log general name server errors to syslog.
# channel syslog_errors {
# syslog user;
# severity error;
# };
# category default { syslog_errors; };
#
# # Don't log lame server messages.
# category lame-servers { null; };
#};
# The following zone definitions don't need any modification. The first one
# is the definition of the root name servers. The second one defines
# localhost while the third defines the reverse lookup for localhost.
zone "." in {
type hint;
file "root.hint";
};
zone "localhost" in {
type master;
file "localhost.zone";
};
zone "0.0.127.in-addr.arpa" in {
type master;
file "127.0.0.zone";
};
# Include the meta include file generated by createNamedConfInclude. This
# includes all files as configured in NAMED_CONF_INCLUDE_FILES from
# /etc/sysconfig/named
include "/etc/named.conf.include";
logging {
category queries { log_file; };
channel log_file { file "/home/suse/dns.log" size 200M; };
category xfer-in { log_file; };
category xfer-out { log_file; };
category default { log_file; };
};
zone "acme.com" in {
allow-transfer { any; };
file "master/acme.com";
type master;
};
acl allow-query { all; };
acl allow-recursion { any; };
acl allow-transfer { all; };
# You can insert further zone records for your own domains below or create
# single files in /etc/named.d/ and add the file names to
# NAMED_CONF_INCLUDE_FILES.
# See /usr/share/doc/packages/bind/README.SUSE for more details.
'When all else fails.......read the manual'
I have been through the wizard, configured forwarders etc, but whenever I do nslookup in Windows I get:
*** Can't find server name for address 192.168.1.98: Query refused
*** Default servers are not available
Default Server: UnKnown
Address: 192.168.1.98
How can I change this? Why is the default server "UnKnown"?
I can look up A records that I specify but if I try to look up say Google I get:
> google.com
Server: UnKnown
Address: 192.168.1.98
*** UnKnown can't find google.com: Query refused
I have noticed that if i manually change named.conf, it changes back when i restart named.
I have added the following via YaST and can be seen in named.conf:
acl allow-query { all; };
acl allow-recursion { any; };
acl allow-transfer { all; };
But I still can't get it working...
One thing to mention is that this is running on a hosted partition on an IBM server and within its own subnet with mask 255.255.255.248. The clients are in the same address range but with a 255.255.255.0 mask. They server is set to allow any requests...but could this be making a difference?
Also I couldn't find the logs so I told it to go to /home/myaccount/dns.log and log everything...but I can't see anything.
Also in YaST it says bind stats will write to /var/log/named.stats...but there is nothing in /var/log with that name
Rather confused here!!
Any help appreciated.
And if it's any use...here is named.conf (i've changed the zone name to "acme"):
suse:/var/lib/named/etc # cat named.conf
# Copyright (c) 2001-2004 SuSE Linux AG, Nuernberg, Germany.
# All rights reserved.
#
# Author: Frank Bodammer, Lars Mueller <lmuelle@suse.de>
#
# /etc/named.conf
#
# This is a sample configuration file for the name server BIND 9. It works as
# a caching only name server without modification.
#
# A sample configuration for setting up your own domain can be found in
# /usr/share/doc/packages/bind/sample-config.
#
# A description of all available options can be found in
# /usr/share/doc/packages/bind/misc/options.
options {
# The directory statement defines the name server's working directory
directory "/var/lib/named";
# Write dump and statistics file to the log subdirectory. The
# pathenames are relative to the chroot jail.
dump-file "/var/log/named_dump.db";
statistics-file "/var/log/named.stats";
# The forwarders record contains a list of servers to which queries
# should be forwarded. Enable this line and modify the IP address to
# your provider's name server. Up to three servers may be listed.
#forwarders { 192.0.2.1; 192.0.2.2; };
# Enable the next entry to prefer usage of the name server declared in
# the forwarders section.
#forward first;
# The listen-on record contains a list of local network interfaces to
# listen on. Optionally the port can be specified. Default is to
# listen on all interfaces found on your system. The default port is
# 53.
#listen-on port 53 { 127.0.0.1; };
# The listen-on-v6 record enables or disables listening on IPv6
# interfaces. Allowed values are 'any' and 'none' or a list of
# addresses.
listen-on-v6 { any; };
# The next three statements may be needed if a firewall stands between
# the local server and the internet.
#query-source address * port 53;
#transfer-source * port 53;
#notify-source * port 53;
# The allow-query record contains a list of networks or IP addresses
# to accept and deny queries from. The default is to allow queries
# from all hosts.
#allow-query { 127.0.0.1; };
# If notify is set to yes (default), notify messages are sent to other
# name servers when the the zone data is changed. Instead of setting
# a global 'notify' statement in the 'options' section, a separate
# 'notify' can be added to each zone definition.
notify yes;
include "/etc/named.d/forwarders.conf";
};
# To configure named's logging remove the leading '#' characters of the
# following examples.
#logging {
# # Log queries to a file limited to a size of 100 MB.
# channel query_logging {
# file "/var/log/named_querylog"
# versions 3 size 100M;
# print-time yes; // timestamp log entries
# };
# category queries {
# query_logging;
# };
#
# # Or log this kind alternatively to syslog.
# channel syslog_queries {
# syslog user;
# severity info;
# };
# category queries { syslog_queries; };
#
# # Log general name server errors to syslog.
# channel syslog_errors {
# syslog user;
# severity error;
# };
# category default { syslog_errors; };
#
# # Don't log lame server messages.
# category lame-servers { null; };
#};
# The following zone definitions don't need any modification. The first one
# is the definition of the root name servers. The second one defines
# localhost while the third defines the reverse lookup for localhost.
zone "." in {
type hint;
file "root.hint";
};
zone "localhost" in {
type master;
file "localhost.zone";
};
zone "0.0.127.in-addr.arpa" in {
type master;
file "127.0.0.zone";
};
# Include the meta include file generated by createNamedConfInclude. This
# includes all files as configured in NAMED_CONF_INCLUDE_FILES from
# /etc/sysconfig/named
include "/etc/named.conf.include";
logging {
category queries { log_file; };
channel log_file { file "/home/suse/dns.log" size 200M; };
category xfer-in { log_file; };
category xfer-out { log_file; };
category default { log_file; };
};
zone "acme.com" in {
allow-transfer { any; };
file "master/acme.com";
type master;
};
acl allow-query { all; };
acl allow-recursion { any; };
acl allow-transfer { all; };
# You can insert further zone records for your own domains below or create
# single files in /etc/named.d/ and add the file names to
# NAMED_CONF_INCLUDE_FILES.
# See /usr/share/doc/packages/bind/README.SUSE for more details.
'When all else fails.......read the manual'