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fake internal zone file in named problem

Well .. I'm using linux .. a friend is using windows .. I'm the admin of the gateway .. so I setup a fake zone in the bind nameserver like this ..

$TTL 1d
server. IN SOA ns.server. root.server. (
2007083225 ; Serial
1H ; Refresh
1H ; Retry
2D ; Expire
1D ) ; Minimum
@ IN NS ns.server.
ns IN A 10.3.0.77
@ IN A 10.3.0.77
@ IN A 10.3.0.88

this seems to work for me .. but doesn't work for him .. ( both of us have the same ns .. ) so .. anyone cna tell what's wrong ?

Chris Dent

In what respect isn't it working?

Failing to load? Failing to resolve?

Chris

patriciaeldridge

ASKER

failing to resolve ofcourse .. :) ..

Ok ..
I'm trying to create a fake "name" named "server" so that when someone tries to access http://server it'll get directed to what I want ..

I have let's say .. 10 boxes .. 5 running linux .. 5 running wintendo ! .. ( wind0ws .. ) ..
all of the computers get the same data from a dhcpd server except the ip ofcourse ( so all of them have the same gw .. same dns server .. same dhcp server .. same network ) ..

: - all the boxes can ping ns.server
- all the linux boxes can ping server
- none of the win boxes can ping server !
fact: running tcpdump on the gateway while the win boxes try to ping "server" doesn't even show up the domain lookup ! ..

here's what I have in named.conf :

zone "server" IN {
type master;
file "pri/fake.zone";
allow-update { none; };
notify no;
};

fake.zone file looks like this:

$TTL 1D
@ IN SOA ns.server. root.server. (
2007082301 ; Serial
28800 ; Refresh
14400 ; Retry
604800 ; Expire - 1 week
86400 ) ; Minimum
@ IN NS ns
ns IN A 10.1.0.254
@ IN A 10.3.0.77

C:\Documents and Settings\LAPTOP>nslookup "server."
*** Can't find server name for address 10.3.0.254: Non-existent domain
*** Default servers are not available
Server: UnKnown
Address: 10.3.0.254

Name: server
Address: 10.3.0.77

C:\Documents and Settings\LAPTOP>ping server
Ping request could not find host server. Please check the name and try again.

hope you guys understood what I'm trying to do .. so .. any help would be greatly appreciated ! .. thanks in advance ! ..

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Chris Dent

Hey,

If you've got it all fixed I recommend you request the question closed as self answered. You can pop a post into Community Support for that, linking to the question.

Chris

patriciaeldridge

ASKER

sure I'd do that if I'd knew how ! :)

Chris Dent

Post on this area:

https://www.experts-exchange.com/Community_Support/General/

With a link to this question (https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/22779956/fake-internal-zone-file-in-named-problem.html will do), stating that you'd like it closed as you found the answer yourself :)

Chris