Search Again: Re: 4.6 on OS X 10.3 Server From: Men & Mice Support Date: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 Time: 4:20:11 pm At 12:00 AM +0000 12/18/03, Paul Willis wrote: >>Make sure that /etc/named.conf is the correct version - it should >>have a comment at the top that looks like this: >> >>// This file was generated by QuickDNS from Men & Mice > >It is the right file.... >----------------------------------------- > >// >// This file was generated by QuickDNS from Men & Mice >// WARNING: ** DO NOT EDIT ** >// >include "/var/named/conf/logging"; >include "/var/named/conf/user_before"; >include "/var/named/conf/options"; >include "/var/named/conf/user_after"; >include "/var/named/conf/zones"; >controls { > inet 127.0.0.1 port 54 allow {any; }; > >}; > >----------------------------------------- > >,,,the other file in /etc is named.conf.bak which is the OS X Server version. The problem is, Apple's Server Admin utility has added a controls statement to the end. Unfortunately, Apple has for unknown reason decided to use an invalid controls statement - there's no "keys" phrase. This seems rather pointless, since Bind 9 completely disregards this controls statement (after logging a complaint to the system log). Comment out or remove this controls statement from named.conf. There's a valid one in /var/named/conf/user_after, so this one isn't needed. I've also seen Server Admin add a logging statement. Don't use Server Admin to manage your DNS in any way. >>If not, look for other files with names starting with "named.conf" >>in the /etc directory that are the correct one. Once you've found >>it, rename it to named.conf. >> >>If that's not the problem, or if you still have problems after >>fixing that, then try this command as root: >> >>/usr/sbin/qdnsremoted -debug -ll5 >> >>Does it give an error message? > >It does give an error message... > >23:48:16 Starting named parser - parsing datafile "/etc/named.conf". >23:48:16 Error in file "/etc/named.conf", line 11. Expected "keys", got ";" . > >Looking at named.conf on the server that is OK it has > >----------------------------------------- > >// >// This file was generated by QuickDNS from Men & Mice >// WARNING: ** DO NOT EDIT ** >// >include "/var/named/conf/logging"; >include "/var/named/conf/user_before"; >include "/var/named/conf/options"; >include "/var/named/conf/user_after"; >include "/var/named/conf/zones"; > >----------------------------------------- > >What should a correct named.conf look like? Like the one from the server that works, i.e. 4 lines of comments followed by 5 include statements. ____________________________________________________________________ Chris Buxton Men & Mice Customer Support Specialist Making DNS Easy

Messages In This Thread: 4.6 on OS X 10.3 Server by Paul Willis on Dec 17, 2003 at 7:56:27 am Re: 4.6 on OS X 10.3 Server by Men & Mice Support on Dec 17, 2003 at 12:06:08 pm Re: 4.6 on OS X 10.3 Server by Paul Willis on Dec 17, 2003 at 4:01:35 pm Re: 4.6 on OS X 10.3 Server by Men & Mice Support on Dec 17, 2003 at 4:20:11 pm Re: 4.6 on OS X 10.3 Server by Paul Willis on Dec 18, 2003 at 4:16:26 am