From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 25 07:16:54 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C8C5816A4DA for ; Tue, 25 Jul 2006 07:16:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dthomas53@gmail.com) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.172]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00F1443D45 for ; Tue, 25 Jul 2006 07:16:53 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dthomas53@gmail.com) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id m2so2715516uge for ; Tue, 25 Jul 2006 00:16:52 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=FgOZ5T7x6fbd8EOKbBsvY+YYU3x9Acxb1utfeCWbuCYEjhI1HUoiWMlAqnp/lgyRkzRxsyo/xsPxymvX2/6k0Ru39wlwq2MQzn8ST2Kjqjg5UNdo+bKLDxxQB7BN6iv8+G3KrgZXvTbvatcmMo3CwYCi4e4qraKu+YpWXrBWIgA= Received: by 10.78.165.16 with SMTP id n16mr2138813hue; Tue, 25 Jul 2006 00:16:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.78.165.18 with HTTP; Tue, 25 Jul 2006 00:16:52 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 03:16:52 -0400 From: "David Stanford" To: "Mikhail Goriachev" In-Reply-To: <44C5BE33.9030002@webanoide.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <44C47C7E.5030609@webanoide.org> <44C4FCC0.40000@fechner.net> <44C59EB9.70707@webanoide.org> <44C5BE33.9030002@webanoide.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Simple DNS Configuration X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 07:16:54 -0000 > > Yea, I feel I may just use the A records as the additional query issue > you > > mentioned previously leaves me thinking it's the better > configuration...it > > still bothers me I can't figure it out though. :-/ > > > Not sure what you mean. I was referring to your comment regarding CNAME causing an additional query for each look-up: "I wouldn't recommend using CNAME for www due to extra DNS lookups[1]." >> [root@chadwick ~]# /etc/rc.d/named start > >>> Starting named. > >> > >> Check your logs. > > > > > > I've been checking /var/log/messages but see nothing after recieving > that > > error. Are all named logs placed here by default? > > > This is the only place where I look. As far as I'm concerned, if a > reload was unsuccessful, then you'll get something in there. Otherwise > nothing gets logged. > > > >> [root@chadwick ~]# host -t a daemonbox.net localhost > >>> Using domain server: > >>> Name: localhost > >>> Address: 127.0.0.1#53 > >>> Aliases: > >>> > >>> Host daemonbox.net not found: 2(SERVFAIL) > >>> > >>> > >>> Does anyone see anything wrong with this? Thanks for all your help! > >> > >> Can you resolve other domains (e.g.: freebsd.org)? Can't think of > >> anything else right now. > > > > > > Yes, as I noted, when I remove the CNAME entry everything works fine. > Very > > strange... > > > Not sure about that either. I guess you shouldn't use it then. Anyway, > at least your domain is responding now: > > > $ host -t a daemonbox.net chadwick.daemonbox.net > Using domain server: > Name: chadwick.daemonbox.net > Address: 66.246.140.170#53 > Aliases: > > daemonbox.net has address 66.246.140.170 > > $ host -t a www.daemonbox.net chadwick.daemonbox.net > Using domain server: > Name: chadwick.daemonbox.net > Address: 66.246.140.170#53 > Aliases: > > www.daemonbox.net has address 66.246.140.170 Wow, I'm surprised you were able to get that as I've also been making firewall adjustments all night. :) http://www.dnsreport.com/tools/dnsreport.ch?domain=daemonbox.net > > > www.dnsreport.com is a great tool for all your DNS needs. Absolutely. I'd be lost at work without it (or dnsstuff.com). :) Thanks again for all your help! -David -- [root@fbsd ~]# fortune Happiness is just an illusion, filled with sadness and confusion.