How do you Test DNS BIND w/o Internet IP Address

phillosophy · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 23 May 2005 Posts: 94

i just installed and compiled bind witih a single domain name and local ip address (192.168.x.x) Until I get the internet ips to replace the local ip addresses, is there a way to test BIND locally to see if it works before you put it out live on the internet?

overkll · Posted: Sun May 29, 2005 6:38 pm Post subject:

Yep, install bind-tools if you haven't already.

It includes "dig". You can do "dig yourdomain.com" and it should return info on your domain.

Conversely, "dig -x IP.AD.RE.SSS" should give you back a host name.

You got to make sure that /etc/resolv.conf is set up to use your nameservers.

phillosophy · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 23 May 2005 Posts: 94

when I run dig, it looks like its not resolving the domain name. I'm assuming this means my named isn't working correctly?

overkll · Posted: Sun May 29, 2005 10:44 pm Post subject:

Try dig hostname.domain.name
Try dig @127.0.0.1 hostname.domain.name

phillosophy · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 23 May 2005 Posts: 94

i guess it doesn't look like its working right ?

adaptr · Posted: Sun May 29, 2005 11:05 pm Post subject:

phillosophy · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 23 May 2005 Posts: 94

ok, here is the output from the netstat

overkll · Posted: Mon May 30, 2005 12:51 am Post subject:

No, it's listening on the right port - domain = 53. It's only listening on localhost - 127.0.0.1

netstat -anA inet | grep 53 will give you numeric output (n)

phillosophy · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 23 May 2005 Posts: 94

oh ok...

phillosophy · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 23 May 2005 Posts: 94

Shouldn't I get an Authority section with the NS records when I dig the local domain name streamingforjesus.com?

overkll · Posted: Mon May 30, 2005 1:27 am Post subject:

You must be on a mission. Did you sleep last night?

Yep, you should. You want me to take a peek at your zone files?

BTW, if this is your first go-round with BIND don't get discourage, it's not that easy.

phillosophy · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 23 May 2005 Posts: 94

nope, no sleep yet.

here is my named.conf file

overkll · Posted: Mon May 30, 2005 3:02 am Post subject:

Let's start with the zone file:

overkll · Posted: Mon May 30, 2005 3:32 am Post subject:

phillosophy · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 23 May 2005 Posts: 94

Cool, I made the changes and ran dig streamingforjesus.com again and the authority section doesn't list just as when I dig yahoo.com. am i not supposed to have an authority section because i'm not running more than one name server?

overkll · Posted: Mon May 30, 2005 3:48 am Post subject:

what command did you issue?

overkll · Posted: Mon May 30, 2005 4:04 am Post subject:

ARG, I missed something in your zone file.

phillosophy · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 23 May 2005 Posts: 94

Is this all i'm supposed to get?

overkll · Posted: Mon May 30, 2005 5:05 pm Post subject:

Change the section under the SOA from

phillosophy · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 23 May 2005 Posts: 94

i think it worked..

overkll · Posted: Mon May 30, 2005 6:02 pm Post subject:

The firt dig failed. Post the zone file again please.

phillosophy · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 23 May 2005 Posts: 94

adaptr · Posted: Mon May 30, 2005 7:59 pm Post subject:

overkll · Posted: Mon May 30, 2005 8:24 pm Post subject:

Thanks for the tips adaptr! I'm always willing to learn.

I thought if the right side of the RR was an IP, it needed to be unique i.e. no multiple A records with the same IP address.

Glad a veteren jumped in to help! Maybe you can check this one too?

https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-343373-highlight-.html

phillosophy · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 23 May 2005 Posts: 94

I made the changes above and came up with the following when I dig streamingforjesus.com www. I don't see the cname entries for mail or ftp, i just see one for the www which is an A record. Does this mean its still not working? Also, why do you only use an "@" instead of the domain name?