Unable to Load the Zone file

Harshith Mulky

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Sep 27, 2016, 3:35:24 AM9/27/16

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I have created this in the /etc/named.conf

zone "enum.bhnis.net" IN {
type master;
file "enum.bhnis.net";
};

And the file looks like this

$ORIGIN .
$TTL 3600       ; 1 hour
@       IN SOA atlanta.enum.bhnis.net. root.enum.bhnis.net. (
                                2008927043 ; serial
                                900        ; refresh (15 minutes)
                                600        ; retry (10 minutes)
                                2419200    ; expire (4 weeks)
                                900        ; minimum (15 minutes)
                                )
; Name Server (NS) records
enum.bhnis.net.              IN NS atlanta.enum.bhnis.net.
                                 NS   72.31.4.5.
                                 NS   72.31.4.36.
; A records
atlanta.enum.bhnis.net.      IN A   10.54.78.28

$ORIGIN +.enum.bhnis.net.
$TTL 300        ; 5 minutes
0.9.4.6.4.6.9.3.1.8.1   NAPTR   10 10 "u" "sip+E2U" "!^.*$!sip:+18139...@65.32.11.202:5080!" .
2.6.9.5.0.6.9.7.0.4     NAPTR   10 10 "u" "sip+E2U" "!^.*$!sip:+4079...@67.78.171.98!" .

getting these errors when starting named service

enum.bhnis.net:3: ignoring out-of-zone data (.)
enum.bhnis.net:12: NS record '72.31.4.5.' appears to be an address
enum.bhnis.net:13: NS record '72.31.4.36.' appears to be an address
zone enum.bhnis.net/IN: has 0 SOA records
zone enum.bhnis.net/IN: not loaded due to errors.
_default/enum.bhnis.net/IN: bad zone
[FAILED]

What is the problem here?

Matus UHLAR - fantomas

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Sep 27, 2016, 3:39:35 AM9/27/16

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On 27.09.16 07:34, Harshith Mulky wrote:
>; Name Server (NS) records
>enum.bhnis.net. IN NS atlanta.enum.bhnis.net.
> NS 72.31.4.5.
> NS 72.31.4.36.

>getting these errors when starting named service
>
>
>enum.bhnis.net:3: ignoring out-of-zone data (.)
>enum.bhnis.net:12: NS record '72.31.4.5.' appears to be an address
>enum.bhnis.net:13: NS record '72.31.4.36.' appears to be an address
>zone enum.bhnis.net/IN: has 0 SOA records
>zone enum.bhnis.net/IN: not loaded due to errors.
>_default/enum.bhnis.net/IN: bad zone

>What is the problem here?

is there something you don't understand on error message?

"NS record '72.31.4.5.' appears to be an address"

IP Address can only appear at right side of A record (AAAA for ipv6
addresses). NS records needs domain names on right side.
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Mark Andrews

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Sep 27, 2016, 3:44:08 AM9/27/16

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Remove the "$ORIGIN ." line. The zone statement sets the
initial $ORIGIN.

Nameserver records take NAMES not IP addresses. Give the
machines names. Then add address records for those names.
Then use those names in the NS records.

Mark

In message <PN1PR01MB0270F39A1D...@PN1PR01MB0270.INDPRD01.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM>, Harshith Mulky writes:
> I have created this in the /etc/named.conf
>
>
> zone "enum.bhnis.net" IN {
> type master;
> file "enum.bhnis.net";
> };
>
>
>
> And the file looks like this
>
>
> $ORIGIN .
> $TTL 3600 ; 1 hour
> @ IN SOA atlanta.enum.bhnis.net. root.enum.bhnis.net. (
> 2008927043 ; serial
> 900 ; refresh (15 minutes)
> 600 ; retry (10 minutes)
> 2419200 ; expire (4 weeks)
> 900 ; minimum (15 minutes)
> )

> ; Name Server (NS) records
> enum.bhnis.net. IN NS atlanta.enum.bhnis.net.
> NS 72.31.4.5.
> NS 72.31.4.36.

> ; A records
> atlanta.enum.bhnis.net. IN A 10.54.78.28
>
> $ORIGIN +.enum.bhnis.net.
> $TTL 300 ; 5 minutes

> 0.9.4.6.4.6.9.3.1.8.1 NAPTR 10 10 "u" "sip+E2U" "!^.*$!sip:+18139646490=
> @65.32.11.202:5080!" .
> 2.6.9.5.0.6.9.7.0.4 NAPTR 10 10 "u" "sip+E2U" "!^.*$!sip:+4079605962@=
> 67.78.171.98!" .

>
>
>
> getting these errors when starting named service
>
>
> enum.bhnis.net:3: ignoring out-of-zone data (.)
> enum.bhnis.net:12: NS record '72.31.4.5.' appears to be an address
> enum.bhnis.net:13: NS record '72.31.4.36.' appears to be an address
> zone enum.bhnis.net/IN: has 0 SOA records
> zone enum.bhnis.net/IN: not loaded due to errors.
> _default/enum.bhnis.net/IN: bad zone

> [FAILED]

>
>
>
> What is the problem here?
>

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> I have created this in the /etc/named.conf
> 
> 
> 
> <div>zone "enum.bhnis.net" IN { 
>         type master; 
>         file "enum.bhnis.net";=
> 
> }; 
> </div>
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> And the file looks like this
> 
> 
> 
> <div>$ORIGIN . 
> $TTL 3600       ; 1 hour 
> @       IN SOA  atlanta.enum.bhnis.net. =
> root.enum.bhnis.net. ( 
>             &nb=
> sp;            =
>        2008927043 ; serial 
>             &nb=
> sp;            =
>        900     &nbsp=
> ;  ; refresh (15 minutes) 
>             &nb=
> sp;            =
>        600     &nbsp=
> ;  ; retry (10 minutes) 
>             &nb=
> sp;            =
>        2419200    ; expire (4 =
> weeks) 
>             &nb=
> sp;            =
>        900     &nbsp=
> ;  ; minimum (15 minutes) 
>             &nb=
> sp;            =
>        ) 
> ; Name Server (NS) records 
> enum.bhnis.net.          =
>     IN  NS atlanta.enum.bhnis.net. 
>                =
>             &nb=
> sp;     NS    72.31.4.5. 
>                =
>             &nb=
> sp;     NS    72.31.4.36. 
> ; A records 
> atlanta.enum.bhnis.net.      IN  A &nbsp=
> ; 10.54.78.28 
> 
> $ORIGIN +.enum.bhnis.net. 
> $TTL 300        ; 5 minutes 
> 0.9.4.6.4.6.9.3.1.8.1   NAPTR   10 10 "u" &qu=
> ot;sip+E2U" "!^.*$!sip:+18139646490@65.32.11.202:5080!&qu=
> ot; . 
> 2.6.9.5.0.6.9.7.0.4     NAPTR   10 10 "u=
> " "sip+E2U" "!^.*$!sip:+40796...@67.78.171.98=
> !" .</div>
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> getting these errors when starting named service
> 
> 
> 
> <div>enum.bhnis.net:3: ignoring out-of-zone data (.) 
> enum.bhnis.net:12: NS record '72.31.4.5.' appears to be an address 
> enum.bhnis.net:13: NS record '72.31.4.36.' appears to be an address 
> zone enum.bhnis.net/IN: has 0 SOA records 
> zone enum.bhnis.net/IN: not loaded due to errors. 
> _default/enum.bhnis.net/IN: bad zone 
>             &nb=
> sp;            =
>             &nb=
> sp;            =
>          [FAILED]</div>
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> What is the problem here? 
> 
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Niall O'Reilly

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Sep 27, 2016, 7:07:54 AM9/27/16

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On 27 Sep 2016, at 8:34, Harshith Mulky wrote:

> And the file looks like this
>
> $ORIGIN .
> $TTL 3600 ; 1 hour
> @ IN SOA atlanta.enum.bhnis.net. root.enum.bhnis.net. (

[...]

> getting these errors when starting named service
>
> enum.bhnis.net:3: ignoring out-of-zone data (.)

[...]

> What is the problem here?

The "$ORIGIN" directive sets the value which will be substituted for "@".
Because of this, the name of the SOA record is ".", which is outside
the zone you specified in the configuration file (enum.bhnis.net), and the
SOA record is ignored.

You could either put

$ORIGIN enum.bhnis.net. ;; NB: the final dot is significant!

or just omit the "$ORIGIN" directive.

Best regards,

Niall O'Reilly