[cobalt-users] Repairing PTR records on RAQ3

["Landon Jenkins" <landonak@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I am using a RAQ3 as a primary name server. I am having difficulties with
the vast majority of my PTR records not working. After reading this email to
the list about the RAQ3's incorrectly writing of the /etc/named.conf file, I
did some investigating, and sure enough, that's my problem.

My question is how do I change this? I assume I cannot do this through the
GUI and if I try to change it through ftp, permission is denied. I'm sure
I'll have to telnet in as root, but I've never modified anything through a
telnet session before, and I must admit I'm a little weary of trying it
without a little direction from a veteran on this list.

Also, once this is fixed, if I ever make DNS changes using the GUI, will it
completely rewrite this file again incorrectly?

Thanks!

Landon


-----Original Message-----
From: cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Gerald Waugh
Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 11:53 PM
To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] PTR Records


I don't run DNS on my RaQ4s, but I do on a RaQ2+ and a RaQ3i.
The issue is that the /etc/named.conf file is written incorrectly.
The line to load the ptr records (.in-addr.arpa file) has an error
it is written in error like so:
zone "0/24.3.2.1.in-addr.arpa" { type master; file
"pri.0-24.3.2.1.in-addr.arpa"; };
and it should be:
zone "0-24.3.2.1.in-addr.arpa" { type master; file
"pri.0-24.3.2.1.in-addr.arpa"; };
This error causes the in.addr-arpa zone to fail to load. And I have quit
using
the GUI for this very reason, I forget to correct it and then my ptrs don't
work.
Besides it's faster to just copy one zone to another and edit, then wait on
the
GUI.

I don't know if the RaQ4 does this or not, but since both the 2 and the 3
do,
why not?
Gerald



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