[SOLVED] Can't access web interface after install - zclient.IO_ERROR in log

[JpMaxMan]

Ok, first, thank you for your continued help. I don't think we are completely understanding each other, but it's ok and I appreciate you sticking with me on this.

Now, just to clarify a few things:

1. I am using this machine also as a secondary DNS server, thus my reluctance toward the split dns issue.

2. I am using tinydns / djbdns and not bind.

In case you care to include it in your help docs, this is a good explanation for doing split dns using tinydns:

djbdns FAQ

I have gone ahead and set this up. and you are right, it was pretty straight forward and does seem to be the way to go.

Unfortunately, I am still getting the exact same issues after doing an uninstall and fresh install. The errors and behavior is identical to what I posted above. Here are the results of your tests, you initially asked me to run:

host `hostname` <-- use backticks not single quotes

host `hostname`
zmail.tipit.net has address 192.168.1.250
zmail.tipit.net mail is handled by 10 zmail.tipit.net.

dig yourdomain.com any

; <<>> DiG 9.3.3rc2 <<>> zmail.tipit.net any
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 56441
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;zmail.tipit.net.		IN	ANY

;; ANSWER SECTION:
zmail.tipit.net.	85479	IN	MX	10 zmail.tipit.net.

;; Query time: 0 msec
;; SERVER: 192.168.1.13#53(192.168.1.13)
;; WHEN: Sat May 10 12:33:15 2008
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 49

dig yourdomain.com mx

; <<>> DiG 9.3.3rc2 <<>> zmail.tipit.net mx
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 65386
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;zmail.tipit.net.		IN	MX

;; ANSWER SECTION:
zmail.tipit.net.	85428	IN	MX	10 zmail.tipit.net.

;; Query time: 0 msec
;; SERVER: 192.168.1.13#53(192.168.1.13)
;; WHEN: Sat May 10 12:34:06 2008
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 49

[phoenix]

You are missing the A record pointing to your IP.

[JpMaxMan]

I don't think so...

dig zmail.tipit.net A

; <<>> DiG 9.3.3rc2 <<>> zmail.tipit.net A
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 54546
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;zmail.tipit.net.		IN	A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
zmail.tipit.net.	84438	IN	A	192.168.1.250

;; Query time: 0 msec
;; SERVER: 192.168.1.13#53(192.168.1.13)
;; WHEN: Sat May 10 12:50:36 2008
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 49

[JpMaxMan]

FYI - after I removed zmail.tipit.net from the hosts file and refreshed the dns cache:

dig zmail.tipit.net ANY

; <<>> DiG 9.3.3rc2 <<>> zmail.tipit.net ANY
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 46544
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;zmail.tipit.net.		IN	ANY

;; ANSWER SECTION:
zmail.tipit.net.	86400	IN	MX	10 zmail.tipit.net.
zmail.tipit.net.	86400	IN	A	192.168.1.250

;; Query time: 1 msec
;; SERVER: 192.168.1.13#53(192.168.1.13)
;; WHEN: Sat May 10 12:57:26 2008
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 65

[JpMaxMan]

Well, having not heard anything else on this - I decided for the 3rd time to go ahead and try a fresh uninstall and reinstall. Low and behold it worked! I am not sure what changed. The only noticeable change I made is when installing I used port 88 instead of port 8080 for the HTTP server.