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Old 12-06-2007, 09:07 PM
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Default [SOLVED] daemon: bind(7) failed errno=99

I'm kind of lost here and would really appreciate some help.. here's how my system is set up. First, DNS entries:

My home IP is 67.164.73.95.

nslookup
> campee.bounceme.net
Server: cns.sanjose.ca.sanfran.comcast.net
Address: 68.87.76.178

Non-authoritative answer:
campee.bounceme.net MX preference = 5, mail exchanger = campeemail.bounceme.net

campeemail.bounceme.net internet address =67.164.73.95 (the same as my home IP)

Here's how my Ubuntu 6.06 server system is set up:

root@campeemail:/usr/src/zcs# hostname
campeemail.bounceme.net
root@campeemail:/usr/src/zcs# hostname -f
campeemail.bounceme.net

root@campeemail:/usr/src/zcs# cat /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.1.1 campeemail.bounceme.net. campeemail
67.164.73.95 campeemail.bounceme.net. campeemail

Ok, so I try to install Zimbra by running install.sh and get this:

DNS ERROR resolving MX for campeemail.bounceme.net
It is suggested that the domain name have an MX record configured in DNS
checking isEnabled zimbra-mta
zimbra-mta is enabled
MX: campeemail.bounceme.net (67.164.73.95)

Interface: 192.168.1.9
Interface: 127.0.0.1
DNS ERROR - none of the MX records for campee.bounceme.net
resolve to this host
It is suggested that the MX record resolve to this host

HOSTNAME=campeemail.bounceme.net
LDAPHOST=campeemail.bounceme.net


What am I doing wrong? How should my DNS be configured for Zimbra to work?
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Old 12-06-2007, 09:14 PM
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Thanks for the info!

Unfortunetly, DNS has nothing to do with it. An error 99 is a access denied message. It means that the IP address that it's trying to bind to isn't on any of the network interfaces.. . .and it's right, because your IP address is 192.168.1.9 and not 67.164.73.95 (I'm guessing 67.164.73.95 is your router. In which case, it wouldn't make much sense to have 2 67.164.73.95 addresses, now would it?)

Try changing your hosts file to 192.168.1.9

Oh, and you don't need the second 127 line. Kill that too while your there.

Good luck, and enjoy your new system.
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Old 12-07-2007, 03:20 PM
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Default A new problem!

Posted twice on accident, removed

Last edited by Campee; 12-08-2007 at 11:00 AM..
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Old 12-07-2007, 03:22 PM
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That worked, thanks!
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Old 12-08-2007, 11:01 AM
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Ok, so I've got my server up and running. I've opened up port 25 on my firewall and I'm forwarding it to the Zimbra machine. I've sent two messages from my gmail account to campee@campee.bounceme.net. I don't get any failure messages.. so I check out the queue on the Zimbra server. They're stuck in my queue with the following error:

Reason: connect to campeemail.bounceme.net[67.164.73.95]: connection refused

Here's my hosts file:

root@campeemail:/opt/zimbra# cat /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 localhost
192.168.1.9 campeemail.bounceme.net

# The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
::1 ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
fe00::0 ip6-localnet
ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
ff02::2 ip6-allrouters
ff02::3 ip6-allhosts


Why is it trying to connect to the public IP? Shouldn't it try to connect to localhost? Or 192.168.1.9 ?

Last edited by Campee; 12-08-2007 at 11:05 AM..
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Old 12-08-2007, 11:09 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Campee View Post
Why is it trying to connect to the public IP? Shouldn't it try to connect to localhost? Or 192.168.1.9 ?
First of all your hosts file is incorrect, check the documentation here. Secondly, if you are behind a NAT router you need valid DNS A & MX records pointing at your LAN IP - you'll need a Split DNS setup for that.
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Old 12-09-2007, 11:15 AM
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Split DNS fixed my problem, thank you very much! Zimbra looks and works great!
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Old 12-09-2007, 11:58 AM
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Glad you've got it all working, enjoy.
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