[Pdns-users] zone configuration

Sun Jan 2 05:56:49 UTC 2011

HI,

No, it's not a firewall problem.

I am attaching pdns.conf and recursor.conf.

Regards,

Don James

On 1/1/2011 2:07 AM, Imre Gergely wrote:
> 
> You will have to be a little more specific on this one... at least
> attach your config files so we can see where the problem could be.
> You are sure it's not a firewall issue, right?
> 
> On 12/31/2010 04:16 AM, donaldbjames at suddenlinkmail.com wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have another question.
>>
>> On another computer that is connected directly to the internet and has a
>> static ip, I have the same powerdns configuration and I can't get the
>> SOA nameserver to respond to queries from the slave nameservers.
>>
>> Do you think the problem could be in pdns.conf?
>>
>> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Don James
>>
>> On 12/29/2010 12:59 AM, Imre Gergely wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> For MNAME in the SOA record you should have your primary nameserver,
>>> like ns1.donaldbjames.info. It definitely should be one of the
>>> nameservers of the domain, one of these:
>>>
>>> ;; ANSWER SECTION:
>>> donaldbjames.info.      86332   IN      NS      b.ns.buddyns.com.
>>> donaldbjames.info.      86332   IN      NS      ns1.twisted4life.com.
>>> donaldbjames.info.      86332   IN      NS      ns1.donaldbjames.info.
>>> donaldbjames.info.      86332   IN      NS      ns2.afraid.org.
>>>
>>> The SOA should be something like:
>>>
>>> donaldbjames.info.      86400   IN      SOA     ns1.donaldbjames.info.
>>> donaldbjames.suddenlinkmail.com. 2010122811 10800 3600 604800 3600
>>>
>>> As for the recursor and auth server running at the same time, you must
>>> have them listen on two separate IP addresses if you want to run them
>>> both on port 53. This would be the recommended way.
>>> You could also have pdns-recursor listen on another port, say 53000 and
>>> then set the recursor= option in the auth server to forward requests to
>>> the recursor. This is not recommended but you can do it if you have a
>>> small site, or you just use the recursor on localhost. But then you
>>> could bind the recursor to 127.0.0.1 and the auth server to whatever
>>> other IP address you have on the box.
>>>
>>> On Tue, 28 Dec 2010 20:46:05 -0600, donaldbjames at suddenlinkmail.com
>>> wrote:
>>>> Hi folks,
>>>>
>>>> I managed to get powerdns configured and running.  I used poweradmin
>>>> to enter the zone data for my SOA zones.
>>>>
>>>> However, when I check my configuration with http://www.intodns.com, I
>>>> get the following error:
>>>>
>>>> SOA MNAME entry         WARNING: SOA MNAME (donaldbjames.info) is not
>>>> listed as a primary nameserver at your parent nameserver!
>>>>
>>>> My zone is donaldbjames.info.  If you like, go to
>>>> http://www.intodns.com
>>>> type in "donaldbjames.info" in the box at the top, click on "report",
>>>> wait a few minutes and then scroll down the page.  You will see a
>>>> yellow box with a warning.
>>>>
>>>> I am at a loss to figure out what setting is missing in my powerdns
>>>> setup.
>>>>
>>>> Another thing:  When I try to run the pdns-recursor, it won't start
>>>> while the SOA nameserver is running.  They both bind to port 53.  I
>>>> tried running the pdns-recursor on port 5300.  It will start but won't
>>>> act as a caching nameserver.
>>>>
>>>> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Don James
>>>>
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>>>
>>
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