Updated DNS Re: Update DNS - Re: [CentOS] DNS maybe problems

I know the comments about top posting, but I think it is ok in this case....

I finally got DNS working.  Dumb dumb dumb.

I was so fed up, and since there was nothing on this system and I 
installed BIND by using the 'broken' redhat GUI instead of installing 
intially or using yum install, I did a total rebuild (and brought the 
system memory up to 256Mb by stealing from another system for now).

Had a real rough time on that reinstall (another story and post).

Well, I again copied my named.custom and *.zone files into 
/var/named/chroot/etc  and it still did not work.

So I again stared at the system logs.  I finally noticed that 
named.custom was being processed, but none of the zone files were being found.

I looked at my mode to named.conf and I had:

include "'/etc/named.custom"

But in named.custom I had:

file "whatever.zone"

Dah.

changed that to be "/etc/whatever.zone"  and things started working right!

Now how in the bleep did I have this in my old attempt (but Centos 
3.4) and it worked?

On to getting mail working then telling all and sundry that my 
primary dns server is on a new address.  Oh what fun that will be!

At 12:19 PM 12/30/2005, Bryan J. Smith wrote:
>On Fri, 2005-12-30 at 11:36 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> > I got that:
> > cat resolv.conf
> > ; generated by /sbin/dhclient-script
> > search htt-consult.com
> > nameserver 65.84.78.211
> > nameserver 65.84.78.209
> > Oh, and originally I installed the system to use DHCP.  Then I the
> > gnome Network control apt to edit stuff to go to the static address.
>
>Is this your DNS server?
>
>Your DNS server should use itself, and then forward as appropriate in
>its named.conf file.
>
>This is coming up so much that I think we need just a dedicated FAQ on
>"proper DNS server/network configuration."
>
>--
>Bryan J. Smith   mailto:b.j.smith at ieee.org
>http://thebs413.blogspot.com
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