Bind zone files not found Error!!!

You have options and directory commented out in named.conf.

Which version of named do you have?

I added that line by myself after getting this error but after adding that it give me another saying " /var/named/chroot/..." not found

bind version is bind-9.3.3-7.el5

Can you please attached your fill named.conf file ???

its attached as named.txt above becoz EE" format doesnt alow .conf file

but that one is not your full named.conf file,
copy and past the full named.conf file

also as arnold said,  dnot comment out Options directory

is your named.conf file , in /etc directory

or /var/named/chroot/etc directory ??

its in var/named/chroot/etc  and this is custom named.conf file thats all i have
I added that commented  line by myself after getting above  error but after adding that it give me another saying " /var/named/chroot/..." not found
so i commented it out

What are the contents of the /var/named/chroot/etc/named.conf?

@arnold

Its attached already above as named.txt

You are missing the section that defines options, directory, etc.
You should have a sample named.conf file http://www.zytrax.com/books/dns/ch7/.

Your named.conf is effectively a list of names and locations without specifying the country nor the city.

You should have something like the example below:
http://www.wellho.net/resources/ex.php4?item=a193/named.conf

Not just zone definitions.

i will say at fist follow what arnold saying, there is no points of following to guy.

but i will just add some comments..

you have done something wrong

1. how did  you install your bind ?? yum bind bind-chroot caching-nameserve ??

2.your named.conf looks horrible to me.. did you delete all the lines from named.conf ?? or you got this one by default ??

3. if you look at my chrooted bind named.conf it will say something liek this

options {
        listen-on port 53 { xxx; xxx; 127.0.0.1;  };
        listen-on-v6 port 53 { ::1; };
        directory       "/var/named";                             ----------------------
        dump-file       "/var/named/data/cache_dump.db";
        statistics-file "/var/named/data/named_stats.txt";
        memstatistics-file "/var/named/data/named_mem_stats.txt";

        // Those options should be used carefully because they disable port
        // randomization
        // query-source    port 53;
        // query-source-v6 port 53;

        allow-query     { ANY; };
        Recursion no;
};


if nothing work at last , my advise would be

 uninstall the bind and install from beginning ??
then it would be easy to work with ..

@arnold
pls re-read the question becoz  what ur saying is already done accordingly and its not essentianl to have such an long file becoz i need an basic primary dns server i checked both .conf and zones file they are correct via named-checkconf and named-chaeckzone command its only the problem of PATH here which already set by bind-chroot package in /etc/sysconfig/named .....but still doesnt work its an fresh install O.S ...but its not working......if you guys have any sample config in your environment pls share with me if possible

@Fosiul

the contents you pasted above are part of my cahing-nameserver file see:-

options {
        listen-on port 53 { 127.0.0.1; 192.168.1.250; };
        listen-on-v6 port 53 { ::1; };
        directory       "/var/named/";
        dump-file       "/var/named/data/cache_dump.db";
        statistics-file "/var/named/data/named_stats.txt";
        memstatistics-file "/var/named/data/named_mem_stats.txt";
        query-source    port 53;
        query-source-v6 port 53;
        allow-query     { localhost; any; };
};
logging {
        channel default_debug {
                file "data/named.run";
                severity dynamic;
        };
};
view localhost_resolver {
        match-clients      { localhost; any; };
        match-destinations { localhost; any; };
        recursion yes;
        include "/etc/named.rfc1912.zones";
};

and if i changes the dir "/var/named" to /var/named/chroot it still says FILE NOT FOUND.....and i just reinstalled all rpms the prob still persists

Ok thats it , i guess you are editing wrong file ...


tell me do you have these 2 files  in /var/named/chroot/named/etc/


named.caching-nameserver.conf
named.rfc1912.zones


 ???

They are  three files
named.caching-nameserver.conf
named.rfc1912.zones
named.conf

packages installed

[root@rhce files]# rpm -qa | grep bind
bind-libs-9.3.3-7.el5
bind-9.3.3-7.el5
ypbind-1.19-7.el5
bind-utils-9.3.3-7.el5
bind-chroot-9.3.3-7.el5

Now pls tell me what to do

ok now

this named.conf , did you create this file ?? if yes, Delete that one .

Normaly bindchroot and chaching nameserver we take named.caching-nameserver.conf as named.conf

and named.rfc1912.zones will hold all the zone file information

put all your zone file info named.rfc1912.zones

and put those zone file in /var/named/chroot/var/named

@Fosiul
i just did as directed by  you it gives me similer error ;-(

[root@rhce etc]# gedit  named.rfc1912.zones
[root@rhce etc]# gedit named.caching-nameserver.conf
[root@rhce etc]# !ser
service named start
Starting named:
Error in named configuration:
zone ram.com/IN: loading master file ram.zone: file not found
_default/ram.com/IN: file not found
zone 1.168.192.in-addr.arpa/IN: loading master file rev.zone: file not found
_default/1.168.192.in-addr.arpa/IN: file not found
                                                           [FAILED]

see my zones

[root@rhce named]# ls
data              named.broadcast  named.local  rev.zone
localdomain.zone  named.ca         named.zero   rndc.key
localhost.zone    named.ip6.local  ram.zone     slaves
[root@rhce named]# pwd
/var/named/chroot/var/named

My new cahing-nameserver and named.conf file"s contents are attached in code snippests pls see
I wonder what is wrong now..

// named.rfc1913.zones:
//
// Provided by Red Hat caching-nameserver package 
//
// ISC BIND named zone configuration for zones recommended by
// RFC 1912 section 4.1 : localhost TLDs and address zones
// 
// See /usr/share/doc/bind*/sample/ for example named configuration files.
//
zone "." IN {
	type hint;
	file "named.ca";
};
 
zone "localdomain" IN {
	type master;
	file "localdomain.zone";
	allow-update { none; };
};
 
zone "localhost" IN {
	type master;
	file "localhost.zone";
	allow-update { none; };
};
 
zone "0.0.127.in-addr.arpa" IN {
	type master;
	file "named.local";
	allow-update { none; };
};
 
zone "0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.ip6.arpa" IN {
        type master;
	file "named.ip6.local";
	allow-update { none; };
};
 
zone "255.in-addr.arpa" IN {
	type master;
	file "named.broadcast";
	allow-update { none; };
};
 
zone "0.in-addr.arpa" IN {
	type master;
	file "named.zero";
	allow-update { none; };
};
 
zone "ram.com" IN {
      type master;
      file "ram.zone";
      allow-update { any; };
 
};
 
 
zone "1.168.192.in-addr.arpa" IN {
        type master;
        file "rev.zone";
        allow-update { any; };
};
 
 
 
 
!!!!Now see my  NAMED.CAHING-NAMESERVER file contents!!!
 
options {
	listen-on port 53 { 127.0.0.1; 192.168.1.250; };
	listen-on-v6 port 53 { ::1; };
	directory 	"/var/named/";
	dump-file 	"/var/named/data/cache_dump.db";
        statistics-file "/var/named/data/named_stats.txt";
        memstatistics-file "/var/named/data/named_mem_stats.txt";
	query-source    port 53;	
	query-source-v6 port 53;
	allow-query     { localhost; any; };
};
 
logging {
        channel default_debug {
                file "data/named.run";
                severity dynamic;
        };
};
view localhost_resolver {
	match-clients 	   { localhost; any; };
	match-destinations { localhost; any; };
	recursion yes;
	include "/etc/named.rfc1912.zones";
};

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Ok just do a quck check

cd /etc

ls - l

do you have this 2 files

lrwxrwxrwx   1 root named     52 Jan 20 08:47 named.caching-nameserver.conf -> /var/named/chroot//etc/named.caching-nameserver.conf
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root named     42 Jan 20 08:47 named.rfc1912.zones -> /var/named/chroot//etc/named.rfc1912.zones

yeah lots of :-D

[root@rhce etc]# ls -l named.*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root named   52 Apr  3 20:05 named.caching-nameserver.conf -> /var/named/chroot//etc/named.caching-nameserver.conf
-rw-r----- 1 root named 1100 Jan 17  2007 named.caching-nameserver.conf.2009-04-03_20-05-04.495876556
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root named   52 Apr  3 20:04 named.caching-nameserver.conf.rpmorig -> /var/named/chroot//etc/named.caching-nameserver.conf
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root named   33 Apr  3 20:04 named.conf -> /var/named/chroot//etc/named.conf
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root named   42 Apr  3 20:05 named.rfc1912.zones -> /var/named/chroot//etc/named.rfc1912.zones
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root named   42 Apr  3 20:04 named.rfc1912.zones.rpmorig -> /var/named/chroot//etc/named.rfc1912.zones

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now I hve deleted that named.conf file but error is same there

ommmm little bit of stuck now..

Ok Delte this 2 zone then restart , see if you see any other error or if its start or not ...


zone "ram.com" IN {
      type master;
      file "ram.zone";
      allow-update { any; };
 
};
 
 
zone "1.168.192.in-addr.arpa" IN {
        type master;
        file "rev.zone";
        allow-update { any; };
};
 
then will take one by one ...

Ok....just see this output

[root@rhce named]# rm -rf ram.zone
[root@rhce named]# rm -rf rev.zone
[root@rhce named]# service named restart
Stopping named:                                            [FAILED]
Starting named:
Error in named configuration:
zone ram.com/IN: loading master file ram.zone: file not found
_default/ram.com/IN: file not found
zone 1.168.192.in-addr.arpa/IN: loading master file rev.zone: file not found
_default/1.168.192.in-addr.arpa/IN: file not found
                                                           [FAILED]
[root@rhce named]#

but i wonder  what was wrong there in these files???

no!!

i said delete the zone file info from named.rfc1912.zones file,

i just want to see the bind is gettign zone info from named.rfc1912.zones

have you done this ??

I will be off for 3 hours, , my office is finished, will have to go home

so i will be able to check again after 3 hours

sorry for this

iam getting almost mad now...LoL
i have deleted those zone from named.rfc... file and rebooted the system they  are not here but still it gives same error
[root@rhce ~]# !serv
service named restart
Stopping named:                                            [FAILED]
Starting named:
Error in named configuration:
zone ram.com/IN: loading master file ram.zone: file not found
_default/ram.com/IN: file not found
zone 1.168.192.in-addr.arpa/IN: loading master file rev.zone: file not found
_default/1.168.192.in-addr.arpa/IN: file not found
                                                           [FAILED]

Unbelivable...belive it!!!
error.JPG

Okey man...Thanks for being with me ;-)

All done now :-) i made an another virtual machine and did the whole process again its working 100% but when i made its slave dns server the slave server got the zones afet staring the named service its resolving on behind of ram.com but problm is its not getting updates of newly changed values like i added an new pc name
station15  IN A 192.168.1.10
in forward file
and in reverse zone
station15 IN PTR station15.ram.com.

i changes the serial in master server which ram.com in both forward and reverse zones from  20090441  to 20090442 and restarted the service at both ends it still doesnt takes the updates
can u pls me what shold i change to get it done?

Any Expert thre? ;-)

Do you have allow-transfer set?  Do you have notify set to no?

Hopefully, you realize that we can not see what you have and can only go on what information you provide.
Post the named.conf files from both.

Make sure that the server setup as slave, references the correct IP for the master as well as being able to get there.
Check whether you have notify option defined globally (at the top of the named.conf file) or per zone within the zone definition.

When changes are made there is no need to reload the service, if properly configured, you can use rndc to reload the zone
rndc reload ram.com
Make sure that the update you made is not being rejected because of errors.

Thanks for reply arnold,
i dont have named.conf  its working on named.cachin.conf and named.rfc... and there is no allow-tranfer set pls modify my named files as needed.
named.caching-nameserver.txt
named.caching-nameserve.txt

iam also attaching named.rfc... file please check it .
named.rfc1912.txt

Caching servers do not have authoritative zones.  Their updates will comply with the zone settings for Refresh, and TTL expiration.

Updates upon changes to the zone only occurs on the Authoritative Name server master when the change is made and rndc reload zone_name is issued or on the slave server upon receipt of notify from the master or based on the Refresh/TTL of the zone.

Hi good morning
I am really sorry due to weaknd i went to a quick holiday...
hence was off.

do you still need help ?? or your problem is solved? let me know then will take it from their ..

Hi Fosiul,

pls see comment id 24064846 its still not solved !!

Ok in named.rfc... in Master Dns server


Delete forward, i never used it ..

zone "ram.com" IN {
        type master;
        allow-update { any; };
        Allow-transfer { ip_of_secondary_server ; } ;

};

then restart both ..

check the log to see is there any error or not

Thanks
but before doing this...dont u think so its essential to put an directive for zone file location  which i named as "forward"

zone "ram.com" IN {
        type master;
        allow-update { any; };
        file "forward";
        Allow-transfer { ip_of_secondary_server ; } ;

};

omm I need to look at what is forward,if you want keep forwrd,
but put allow-transfer { ip  ; };

after that see what happended..

and in slave dns server

change as necessary :

zone "ram.com" IN {
      type slave;
      file "ram.zone";
      masters { ip_master_server; };
}

man... forward is just an name of forward zone and reverse is the name of reverse zone :-)....and i just tried it it didnt work...slave is resolving but zone hasnt been updated yet its still showing old serial no.

Ok is there any error in both Side log ??

:-) its updating now but do i need to always restart the named service on slave to get updates? arnold above suggest to use rndc reload ram.zone command but that didnt work...
and one last thing i see an very weird file inside my /var/named/chroot/var/named/slaves dir pls see the attached pix for all of the queries ;-)
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ohh sorry i dinto check properly

are you asking about DB-ht file ???

if you delte this file, and if you restart bind again, does it create automaticaly??

Slave server schedule the refresh if they receive a Notify from the master server that a change has occured.  Do not set referesh on the zone to 0.

Your problem is that you only have the master server listed in the zone:
NS ns.ram.com

The notify process is based on the NS record.  The DNS server sends Notify events to each NS entry.

Add
NS [slave_server]
And you see the update take effect within a short time of the change.

Miss type  : "use setup refresh time 0 seconds"  i meant, I never use setup refresh time 0 seconed, use any thing more then 0

Actually it  containing same data as ram.zone file has see the attached pix
I have refresh time set to 0 but i still need to restart the service y?

Thanks
23.JPG

No, Refresh time set to 0 , would not work

you will have to refresh time more then  0

the db file containning your reverese zone entry

can you attched named.rfc .. from Mastr dns and slave dns server

You need to have both Name servers listed under the NS record in the zone.

The zone must look identical this is the whole point of slave/master zones.
The server setup as slave, reflect the exact same information as exists on the master.
When changes made to a zone, named generates a Notify to each NS designated server.  Once a server receives the Notify and is configured as Slave, the zone is taged as expired and a refresh is scheduled.  Since you only have one zone, the refresh should happen no more than a minute.

Ok guys problems are solved 99 percent thanks both of you...just one LAST thing i need to add an MX record for ip 192.168.1.25 how shold it look like in both forward and reverse zone....i assure you i wont trouble you more ;-)

MX record will have to define only ram.zone file
not in  reverse zone .

Why do you need an MX for the reverse zone.
MX only applies to user@domain
mx preference(lower number higher preference) hostname
ram.com. IN mx 0 mail
mail IN A 192.168.1.25

In the reverse zone:
25 IN PTR mail.ram.com

an kid trapped between two Big guys :-D...LoL
one guy is saying no MX for reverse zone one is saying yes...actually iam gonna make an mail server tonight thts y i asked

MX is a record that defines a Mail Exchanger/Server.

PTR is how you give a name to the IP.

Even though you are using private IP spaces for your "ram.com" zone.

It is a good practice to always match Forward and reverse zones.
i.e. an A record in the forward zone should be matched with a PTR record in the reverse zone.
MX is not a record that has a reverse mapping.

In order for an MX to work in a reverse zone (using your IP), the mailing needs to be to an address of the form user@1.168.192.in-addr.arpa.

 

Ommmm,

take Arnold advise,

because all my Zone recorods are for public server. and Ptr record created by Isp

I almost forgot theoritacally create zone record for Internal pcs,

and arnold he is good in theoriticaly

yeah...he is really good thanks to him and you...man..iam puzzle now to who i shold give points...actually your helpfulness is pricless but you both guys deserve...equal points but i dont know how... i can do it :-( any Mod dude pls help me out

You have the option to split points and then select among which posts you want the points split and in what proportion as well as selecting a post that is the answer to your question while the other selected posts will be the assisting answers.

Could not find the appropriate FAQ for point award issues.

its not showing me an option for spliting poits in two exprts see the attached pix
pp.JPG

hahaah LOL

under  every post you will see button call

Accept Multiple solution or Spilit ....   [ forgot ..]


just click on their, and assign poits, [ dont worry about point too much ]

have a look this one

https://www.experts-exchange.com/help.jsp
Under point section -> can i spilit the points

ooooh man....i did mistake iam really sorry i chose both arnold in mistake ....i wanna give to Fosiul too wtf ....sorry Fosiul i will ask to sort to Mod

Thanks both of you for yours knowledge and honesty keep them up Bye...: -)