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Bind DNS Server seems to be limited to 50 hosts

I'm running a minimal install of redhat 9 with Bind 8 and webmin (for the customer) as a dns server. (times 2 in two locations)

Currently we have 50 domain names held here, but when I went to add number 51, this domain would not transfer to the slave DNS server, nor can I dig that domain..

I have tried increasing the maximum open files setting, the maximum data memory usage etc. etc. but with no result..

In the log files there is the following:-

Nov 1 14:14:42 ns1 named[1163]: zone example.com.au/IN: loading master file /var/named/example.com.au.hosts: unexpected end of input
Nov 2 12:03:20 ns1 named[1163]: dns_rdata_fromtext: /var/named/example.com.au.hosts:13: near eol: unexpected end of input

All existing domains are still working fine and I'm sure I've missed something simple.

Cheers
Zaneyfunster

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zaneyfunster

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Hey jlevie..

I'm really sorry about the delay, I've been overseas...

Yes you are correct..
I was using Webmin to generate the hosts files and something had gone wrong, it was creating a really dodgy MX record on line 13.

I manually created a host file, and it worked, re-installed webmin and it is now back to normal and working fine.

I should have spotted the problem but at the time I was in a state of panic ;o)

Cheers
Shane