named does not server

On my RHAS3 I have 2 NICs, one connected to internet with real IP
and the other connected to my local LAN.

With some gentle help from this group I have managed to set up the
required iptables rules on this server so that it now acts as a
gateway/nat/router for my local workstations reaching internet.

Now my next issue is to setup a DNS server which would serve my local
users in reaching the other internal servers.

Using Webmin I created a masterzone and entered the basic records for
my domain, and also made sure that named is also running. But the DNS
server does not work and provides nothing when any of my local
workstations try to resolve any address.

Any idea ?

On Mon, 07 Mar 2005 15:56:59 +0200, Sanal Kisi <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> On my RHAS3 I have 2 NICs, one connected to internet with real IP
> and the other connected to my local LAN.
>
> With some gentle help from this group I have managed to set up the
> required iptables rules on this server so that it now acts as a
> gateway/nat/router for my local workstations reaching internet.
>
> Now my next issue is to setup a DNS server which would serve my local
> users in reaching the other internal servers.
>
> Using Webmin I created a masterzone and entered the basic records for
> my domain, and also made sure that named is also running. But the DNS
> server does not work and provides nothing when any of my local
> workstations try to resolve any address.

Does DNS work on the server itself, using only itself (127.0.0.1) in
/etc/resolv.conf? Does netstat -atun show anything listening on port 53,
or limited to just certain IPs? Is your firewall allowing traffic to port
53 on your server?

You may have created a master zone for your domain, but did you create a
reverse zone to map local IPs to names? See the DNS HOWTO for examples.

On Mon, 07 Mar 2005 15:56:59 +0200, Sanal Kisi <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:


>But the DNS
>server does not work and provides nothing when any of my local
>workstations try to resolve any address.

Use 'dig' to help you.

man dig

On the PC with your dns server running try this command:

dig @localhost somedomain.com

This will tell you if named is working.

If the other PCs on your network are Linux boxes use dig again:

dig @ip.address.of.DNSserver somedomain.com

Is the dns setting on the other PCs set to your dns server? Do they
get there ip addresses and dns settings via dhcp? If so, then the
dhcp server will need to tell them where the dns server is.

Dan

Is your local box configured as namesever to go to on your workstations

mike

"Sanal Kisi" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> On my RHAS3 I have 2 NICs, one connected to internet with real IP
> and the other connected to my local LAN.
>
> With some gentle help from this group I have managed to set up the
> required iptables rules on this server so that it now acts as a
> gateway/nat/router for my local workstations reaching internet.
>
> Now my next issue is to setup a DNS server which would serve my local
> users in reaching the other internal servers.
>
> Using Webmin I created a masterzone and entered the basic records for
> my domain, and also made sure that named is also running. But the DNS
> server does not work and provides nothing when any of my local
> workstations try to resolve any address.
>
> Any idea ?