[CentOS] Re: Problems with bind on 5.2

[Brian]

On Tue, July 8, 2008 4:50 pm, Scott Silva wrote:
> This is a server that seems to resolve ok. Done from my home server.
>
> ; <<>> DiG 9.2.4 <<>> +trace -x 63.110.242.66

>
>This one doesn't, it seems that the server won't answer the request.
>
> ; <<>> DiG 9.2.4 <<>> +trace -x 208.252.226.196

> I can get the A record fine, but it won't answer the PTR request. I'm
> thinking
> that bind just doesn't like the reverse zone file, but it doesn't toss up
> any
> errors about it.

# dig @mail.fontanawater.com -x 208.252.226.196

; <<>> DiG 9.3.4-P1 <<>> @mail.fontanawater.com -x 208.252.226.196
; (1 server found)
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 8896
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 2

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;196.226.252.208.in-addr.arpa.  IN      PTR

;; ANSWER SECTION:
196.226.252.208.in-addr.arpa. 18751 IN  CNAME  
196.192.226.252.208.in-addr.arpa.
196.192.226.252.208.in-addr.arpa. 43200 IN PTR  mail.fontanawater.com.

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
192.226.252.208.in-addr.arpa. 43200 IN  NS      mail.fontanawater.com.
192.226.252.208.in-addr.arpa. 43200 IN  NS      mail.sgvwater.com.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
mail.sgvwater.com.      43200   IN      A       63.110.242.66
mail.fontanawater.com.  43200   IN      A       208.252.226.196

;; Query time: 165 msec
;; SERVER: 208.252.226.196#53(208.252.226.196)
;; WHEN: Tue Jul  8 20:47:45 2008
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 177

I would look into your NS records on the effected server
and also your PTR zone file for errors.

Brian.