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Reverse DNS Question
Is it necessary to setup a reverse DNS zone for localhost on a slave DNS server? I'm running BIND 8.X
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Rod
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Regards,
Rod
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Whoops, Whoa!
It seems that I am wrong after all...
BIND will NOT copy that local.rev file to the secondary box as that zone extract I just gave you does not include the
allow-transfer {your.sec.box. ; }; line
So, I think after all, it does NOT have to be on the sec box...
It seems that I am wrong after all...
BIND will NOT copy that local.rev file to the secondary box as that zone extract I just gave you does not include the
allow-transfer {your.sec.box. ; }; line
So, I think after all, it does NOT have to be on the sec box...
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Thanks everyone!
On my primar box in the /etc/named.conf file, I have a
zone "0.0.127.in-addr.arpa" {
type master;
file "local.rev";
};
The local.rev file is in my /var/named folder on the primary box as well as on my secondary box... So, I guess it means, YES, do do have to have one, but like I already said, BIND is *supposed* to copy all zone files to the secondary box for you, after all that's what BIND is there for...
If it's not doing that, then I've found that 9out of 10 times it's because there is something wrong in your /etc/named.conf file. Try the nslint utility ( search for nslint on google), it will analyze your named.conf file and report any possible hickups, mostly it's just a : instead of a ; or a ) instead of a }.