Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!BRL.MIL!butler From: butler@BRL.MIL ("Lee A. Butler") Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi Subject: Re: named problems Message-ID: <9003140044.aa20373@VMB.BRL.MIL> Date: 14 Mar 90 05:44:00 GMT Sender: usenet@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 28 On the surface it looks like your nameserver isn't serving the domain 0.0.127.IN-ADDR.ARPA This is usually accomplished on the local host by adding the following line to your named.boot file: primary 0.0.127.IN-ADDR.ARPA named.local where the file named.local looks something like: @ IN SOA Server.bu.edu. named.bu.edu. ( 880912 ; Serial 3600 ; Refresh 300 ; Retry 3600000 ; Expire 7200 ) ; Minimum IN NS server.bu.edu. 1 IN PTR localhost. You can check all of this by running nslookup and listing the domain "0.0.127.IN-ADDR.ARPA" Lee A. Butler SLCBR-VL-V Internet: butler@brl.mil Ballistic Research Laboratory Phone: (301) 278-8740 Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MD 21005-5066