dns server in fedora core 3

[grungeisdead]

right at the moment with my home network i have several pcs but only two are hooked up at the moment.

a server running fc3 which is connected to the internet

running a dns server, dhcp server and running squid for internet proxying to other computers

its called linbox

the second pc isnt a pc its a mini mac and its called lexi.

checking my system logs, i can see that linbox becomes the master browser for the domain workgroup. however it is unable to view a file called workgroup.db which i assume is similar to a hosts file in windows.

as i was setting up the dns server with instructions i found on the web, i needed a .db template file to modify and call workgroup.db. i couldnt find this so i skipped it out, i need a template file as the only pc the dns server sees is linbox

ping table

i can ping all computers by ip

ping lexi from linbox - no

ping linbox from lexi - yes

anyway after a while lexi takes over being a master browser and all is well i can ping any computer by name from any other as well as being able to view computers by samba etc.

so basically i need a .db file or need to know what goes in it.

if you need any more info let me know :) cheers

[dotRoot]

You should paste linbox.db for us.

Here a template from one of my servers:

$TTL 14400
@ ? ? ? IN ? ? ?SOA ? ? ns1.domain.com. ? ? ?server.domain.com. (
 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?2005032307
 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?7200
 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?3600
 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?1209600
 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?86400 )

domain.com. ? ?14400 ? IN ? ? ?NS ? ? ?ns1.domain.com.
domain.com. ? ?14400 ? IN ? ? ?NS ? ? ?ns2.domain.com.

ftp ? ? 14400 ? IN ? ? ?A ? ? ? 69.xx.xx.x
domain.com. ? ?14400 ? IN ? ? ?A ? ? ? 69.xx.xx.x
localhost ? ? ? 14400 ? IN ? ? ?A ? ? ? 127.0.0.1
mail ? ?14400 ? IN ? ? ?A ? ? ? 69.xx.xx.x
pop ? ? 14400 ? IN ? ? ?A ? ? ? 69.xx.xx.x
www ? ? 14400 ? IN ? ? ?A ? ? ? 69.xx.xx.x

domain.com. ? ?14400 ? IN ? ? ?MX ? ? ?10 mail



domain.com. IN TXT "v=spf1 a mx ip4:69.xx.xx.x ~all"

also on linbox try typing: dig linbox from its command line and see what pops up.

[grungeisdead]

here is the dig output

; <<>> DiG 9.2.5 <<>> linbox

;; global options: printcmd

;; Got answer:

;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 65070

;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:

;linbox. IN A

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:

. 10800 IN SOA A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. NSTLD.VERISIGN-GRS.COM. 2005032901 1800 900 604800 86400

;; Query time: 303 msec

;; SERVER: 212.158.192.3#53(212.158.192.3)

;; WHEN: Wed Mar 30 03:04:46 2005

;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 99

ill paste a link to the guide i was following...

there is no linbox.db file as the guide said to find a template db file and modify that for my needs. ive had a fiddle tonight and see what i see

[dotRoot]

here is the dig output

; <<>> DiG 9.2.5 <<>> linbox

;; global options:  printcmd

;; Got answer:

;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 65070

;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:

;linbox.                                IN      A

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:

.                      10800  IN      SOA    A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. NSTLD.VERISIGN-GRS.COM. 2005032901 1800 900 604800 86400

;; Query time: 303 msec

;; SERVER: 212.158.192.3#53(212.158.192.3)

;; WHEN: Wed Mar 30 03:04:46 2005

;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 99

ill paste a link to the guide i was following...

there is no linbox.db file as the guide said to find a template db file and modify that for my needs. ive had a fiddle tonight and see what i see

585694503[/snapback]

You dig looks fine. I did post a template for the db file though. Its not a database file with any extra encoding, its just a text file BIND uses.