I'm trying to create a reverse lookup file. Below are the error messages I get in the messages file, when I start named. Below the error messages is a copy of the reverse lookup file I'm trying to use. I'm using Bind version 8.1.2. Would someone recommend the correct values and if you see any syntax errors in the file, point them out?


Warning SOA expire value is less than SOA refresh+retry (0 < 2+3600)
Warning SOA expire value is less than refresh + 10 * retry (0 < (2 +10 * 3600))
Warning SOA expire value is less than 7 days (0)
Warning SOA refresh value is less than 2 * retry (2 < 3600 *2)
5: Database error ()
6: Database error ())
master zone “83.46.208.in-addr.arpa” (IN) rejected due to errors (serial 4)

83.46.208.in-addr.arpa. IN SOA gatekeeper.mobot.org. (
4 ;Serial
3600 ;Refresh
300 ;Retry
360000 ;Expire
3600 ) ;Mimimum
;
;Name Servers
;
83.46.208.in-addr.arpa. IN NS dca-ans-01.inet.qwest.net.
83.46.208.in-addr.arpa. IN NS sv1-ans-01.inet.qwest.net.
83.46.208.in-addr.arpa. IN NS gatekeeper.mobot.org.
;
;
;
48.83.46.208.in-addr.arpa. IN PTR vitis.mobot.org.
49.83.46.208.in-addr.arpa. IN PTR www.mobot.org.
50.83.46.208.in-addr.arpa. IN PTR mbgnet.mobot.org.
35.83.46.208.in-addr.arpa. IN PTR mobot.mobot.org.
57.83.46.208.in-addr.arpa. IN PTR digitalis.mobot.org.
62.83.46.208.in-addr.arpa. IN PTR gatekeeper.mobot.org.

Your problem is in the first line - there should be a mail address included (assuming gatekeeper.mobot.org is the name of the primary master server for these PTR records)

You have:
83.46.208.in-addr.arpa. IN SOA gatekeeper.mobot.org. (

You need:
83.46.208.in-addr.arpa. IN SOA gatekeeper.mobot.org. xxx@mobot.org (

You need to add xxx@mobot.org and change xxx to a valid email address (okay, you should change it to a valid email address - Bind won't care if it's valid or not)

Your values may still be giving you errors (all you have to do is follow the error messages once you do the fix - ie. do the math).

RTM, thanks for pointing out the error in the first line. Once I added in the email address and did the math this problem was resolved.