bind issue

English Network/Internet
#1

Hello,

I’m trying to get a bind server up and running on my opensuse installation but I’m having some slight problems, I’ve been looking for a solution to what is probably a silly problem for quite a while so I decided to come here.

You can find the config files underneath.

named.conf

zone "metropolia.local" in{
        type master;
        file "metropolia.zone";
};

zone file

$TTL 86400      ; max TTL
$ORIGIN metropolia.local.
@       IN      SOA     unix.sixbone.com. root.sixbone.com. (
                        2010040701
                        28800
                        7200
                        604800
                        3600 )
@               IN      A       192.168.0.152
@               IN      NS      dns.metropolia.local.
@               IN      MX      10      mail.metropolia.local.
www             IN      CNAME   metropolia.local.
                IN      CNAME   metropolia.local.

resolv.conf

search metropolia.local
nameserver 192.168.0.152

#search dhcp.inet.fi
#nameserver 192.168.0.152
#nameserver 192.89.123.231
#nameserver 192.168.0.1

output of dig commando

; <<>> DiG 9.6.1-P3 <<>> metropolia.local
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 36512
;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;metropolia.local.              IN      A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
metropolia.local.       86400   IN      A       192.168.0.152

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
metropolia.local.       86400   IN      NS      metropolia.local.

;; Query time: 0 msec
;; SERVER: 192.168.0.152#53(192.168.0.152)
;; WHEN: Wed Apr  7 18:13:07 2010
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 64

The thing is that the correct nameserver and ip-address gets found, but whenever I try to ping to metropolia.local the system tells me that it is an unknown host.

Thanks in advance,

  • Frederik
#2

Don’t use local as a top level domain. It has special meaning to mDNS and gets interfered with because of that. There are heaps of other invented top level domains you can use. For instance, I use my own surname.

#3

On Wed April 7 2010 10:36 am, ken yap wrote:

>
> Don’t use local as a top level domain. It has special meaning to mDNS
> and gets interfered with because of that. There are heaps of other
> invented top level domains you can use. For instance, I use my own
> surname.
>
>
StonedH;

If you are really stuck with .local add the following line to /etc/host.conf.


mdns off

See “man host.conf” or “info host.conf” for details.

P. V.
“We’re all in this together, I’m pulling for you.” Red Green

#4

Thank you both for your replies, this helped.