BIND is the de facto standard DNS server
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Can't get BIND and NS to work properly [closed]
I just got myself an unmanaged Dedicated VPS from OVH and I don't have a prior experience of setting up servers or DNS servers but I followed a couple of tuts and installed webmin and created NS Zones ...
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include a binded folder for each new users created
In a nutshell, my ftp server consists of 2 folders for each individual users. so john has this on his directory
/home
+/john
+/pub <-- binded to /var/ftp
+/private
my public folder ...
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Bind cannot start
Sorry I'm a newbie, I have installed Fedora 12, Bind DNS and others features. Also I'm using webmin.
Several times it can work normally, but now I have to make changes in DNS record (actually I ...
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How to bind ppp0 interface (PPTP VPN) as 'external' in proxy server?
I'm trying to bind ppp0 interface (PPTP VPN) as 'external' interface in proxy server (Tinyproxy). Unfortunately it does not work.
Using route add -net default gw 10.9.0.1 I can make all the traffic ...
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I want to expose “easy” URL's for machines on a home network. Is custom DNS/BIND the answer?
I recently convinced my room mates to cut the cord and go cable free, and they've found it pretty great so far. I'm in the process of setting up a pretty sweet, mostly automated home theater setup ...
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bind9: client update denied
I've a bind9.7.3 running on Debian squeeze. I've configured a zone to accept dynamic update using a key:
(I've replaced the key and the actual domain names ...)
key "yme" {
algorithm ...
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Bind DNS rate-limit and values for responses-per-second and window
In my DNS server's named.conf I see
rate-limit {
responses-per-second 5;
window 5;
};
What does this actually mean? And can it cause DNS clients problems?
Is this ...
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Is it possible to bind a shell script to a key press [duplicate]
I used xev to find the key code for fn-f5 and came up with a little script to toggle the bluetooth on or off. My question is whether it's possible to bind fn-f5 (keycode 246) to my shell script ...
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centos 6, hostname won't resolve, dns issue, loop detected
I've searched everywhere and tried all the suggestions that I've seen, but I just can't get this to work now (it was working before). This is the first time I've ever installed a test server that I ...
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“Fake” DNS for a single host
I am running a bind9 dns server at my home network, serving for all my internal servers in my domain local / 192.168.x.x - one of those, extweb.local 192.168.1.33 is also visible from the internet as ...
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Configuring ssh fingerprints on dns to replace known_hosts fails
The SSHFP records were generated on the ssh server as follows and then added to the zone in bind:
$ ssh-keygen -r www.test.us.
www.test.us. IN SSHFP 1 1 ad04dfaf343a93beeb939eed1612168f7eadbed7
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In a recursive dns query what happens ttl = 0?
in name resolution (current version of bind), what happens when a recursive answer reaches ttl 0 on the return trip?
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Change/Create permissions for a folder
How can I create (if the folder is new) or change (if the folder was already existent) permissions for a folder?
In particular, I want to create a subdirectory in /etc/bind/ where I can put the ...
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dig @nameserver doesn't work
I have Ubuntu 12.04 with BIND9, working just as a caching server (forwarding to 8.8.8.8).
When I use, for example, dig +norecurse @l.root-servers.net www.uniroma1.it, I obtain the following output
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Do I need a new zone for each domain I have on my server?
I currently have a working BIND nameserver Running on my dedicated ubuntu server box.
I have one zone set up.. example.com with its own nameservers.
If I want to add a new domain to point to the ...
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How to configure dhcpd to register ipv4 with bind while having static ipv6 addresses?
I have IPv6 configured on my local network via radvd; it advertises a routable IPv6 block, that all the machines auto-configure.s
I have IPv4 assigned to a NAT'd block via dhcpd and that updates ...
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pwd: show mountpoint
I have mounted a directory to another directory using mount --bind so that an sftp user of my server can access this directory.
mount --bind /path/share /path/home/user/stuff
I have put this in ...
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possible spots to configure BIND-DNS forwarders
i'm investigating our BIND's configuration and can not figure out how it is aware of it's next name server to ask for some domain he's not authorative server for...
e.g. home domain is ...
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glTail and Bind9 logs
My bind9 server logs queries to syslog and it produces lines like this in /var/log/syslog
Aug 23 17:25:41 serverdns named[1690]: client 10.10.10.20#35495: query: 52.122.168.109.blackholes.easynet.nl ...
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BIND server doesn't recognize my zone properly
I'm pretty new to BIND so I was hoping maybe someone can help me understand why I can't resolve. What is wrong?
named.conf
options {
listen-on port 53 { localhost; 10.30.0.10; };
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Creating a new TLD for private network
I want to setup a new TLD (foo.) for my the private network so that I can host some child domains which will be accessible from within the network. For this purpose I have setup a DNS server ...
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bind9named binary missing - not starting
I have just compiles and installed BIND 9.9.1-P1 on Debian 6.0 as the version in the repositories is too old for Samba4, and am getting the said error. I have been looking for source for named, but ...
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Can you Chroot a program from an OpenVZ environment?
I just recently purchased a Virtual Private Server, and it is OpenVZ virtualization.
I am setting up my LAMP stack, and in the past I have always just set up my BIND dns set up in a chrooted ...
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How can I reset or lower the serial used in BIND DNS server's “SOA” record?
I use BIND as my DNS server at home. For my SOA record (start of authority) I always use a serial in the recommended format
YYYYMMDD##
where ## is the counter for changes on that day.
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Unabled to get rid of BIND 9 chroot
I had installed bind-chroot from yum not long ago, and saw that there were errors in the daily logs from named. Under further investigation, I noticed a directory loop. The named files resided under ...
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Is it possible to execute scripts in BIND based on lookup
Is it possible, to set up BIND as DNS server on my local network, and make execute scripts when it gets a lookup?
I would like to execute a Python or Bash script, based on the incoming DNS lookup, ...
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How to create reverse-lookup file for BIND that points to some networks?
I am try to create a reverse-lookup file in BIND, but I need it to point to many networks not just one.
I have three networks that connected to the same bind server, 192.168.3 and 192.168.4 and ...
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How to configure a catch-all CNAME on Ubuntu Linux using BIND 9
I'm trying to set up APE server on my local system. I'm using Ubuntu and BIND and I need to set up a catch-all CNAME record.
What would be required for this?
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How to let `named` (bind9) forward certain domains to a different nameserver?
In dnsmasq, it's possible to forward domains to different nameservers. How can I do that in named?
server=/foo.com/10.0.10.1
server=/vpn.foo.com/8.8.8.8
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How to add another domain to my chrooted named server
Firstly I successfully have a domain working in a chroot named. There are files in /var/named/chroot/var/named called mydomain.com.db and named.local and named.root.
Also in /var/named/chroot/etc ...
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bind's path to 'named.pid' looks a bit weird after a not-so-smooth package installation
I had a fresh VPS hosting account running Ubuntu LTS (Lucid Lynx) with Plesk 10.2.0 (and etckeeper package)
I used Plesk's web interface to install Plesk Health Monitor. It took two attempts because ...
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unable to start named service
Whenever I try to run the named service, I get the following even though my permissions and folder ownership is all fine:
[root@f13 ~]# service named start
Starting named:
Error in named ...
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Do rndc keys expire after a year?
Yesterday, I noticed an error in a bind zone file, and after correcting it, I tried to restart bind9, but the service refused to stop, displaying this error:
rndc: connect failed: 127.0.0.1#953: ...
