Cannot determine services

[phoenix]

OK, MX records are what point to your mail server and are in DNS. How do you resolve PCs on your LAN?

It is easier if you use a DNS server to resolve addresses. Follow the instructions I posted earlier and set-up DNS with the correct details for your server. Then reinstall zimbra, that should see you OK.

[fredo]

Originally Posted by phoenix

OK, MX records are what point to your mail server and are in DNS. How do you resolve PCs on your LAN?

It is easier if you use a DNS server to resolve addresses. Follow the instructions I posted earlier and set-up DNS with the correct details for your server. Then reinstall zimbra, that should see you OK.

PC's are resolved through DHCP with only my server running with a static IP. Have seen the post about DNS & MX records but i need to know which file to edit and in which location it's found.

[phoenix]

The DHCP service doesn't resolve IP address on a LAN, it's DNS that does that. I guess from what you're saying that your DHCP server is allocating dynamic IP addresses to the PCs on the LAN and with a gateway address pointing to your 10.0.0.3 server. Would that be roughly what's happening?

You need to install BIND9 and make the configurations to the files mentioned in the instructions that I gave you the link for earlier.

[fredo]

Originally Posted by phoenix

The DHCP service doesn't resolve IP address on a LAN, it's DNS that does that. I guess from what you're saying that your DHCP server is allocating dynamic IP addresses to the PCs on the LAN and with a gateway address pointing to your 10.0.0.3 server. Would that be roughly what's happening?

You need to install BIND9 and make the configurations to the files mentioned in the instructions that I gave you the link for earlier.

Roughly yes but precisely i have PC's connected as a windows workgroup with DHCP allocating dynamic IP addresses. My server will be used as a mail & file server so i set it up with a static IP address. Actually my router is my DHCP server.

Ok, i need to install BIND8 (it comes with FC4 instead of BIND9). Will try that and keep you posted if successful or not. Thanks for the help.

[fredo]

The files i can find in the directories stipulated in the DNS in a nutshell post are :

localdomain.zone
localhost.zone
named.broadcast
named.ca
named.ip6.local
named.local
named.zero
slaves

Should i enter the following information in the file localdomain.zone ? :

$TTL 3D
@ IN SOA serv.amemattex.com. (
2005110200
8H ; refresh, seconds
2H ; retry, seconds
4W ; expire, seconds
1D ) ; minimum, seconds
;
NS serv ; Inet Address of name server
MX 10 serv.amemattex.com. ; Primary Mail Exchanger
;
serv A 10.0.0.3
mail CNAME serv ; CNAME for a common nickname
otherhost A 1.2.3.5 ; another host, for example
www CNAME otherhost ; with a nickname

Any quick help would be greatly appreciated. Am no DNS guru as you may have realised.

[fredo]

I've upgraded BIND and still can't find the file domain.com.

[phoenix]

It's not clear but the files 'domain.com' is one that you create.

[fredo]

Originally Posted by phoenix

It's not clear but the files 'domain.com' is one that you create.

Ok, if i understood i should create this file (domain.com) and edit the named.conf file in order to point to it ?

[fredo]

Originally Posted by phoenix

It's not clear but the files 'domain.com' is one that you create.

Modified by MX records and that fixed it. Thank you for your help again. Have learned a great deal on DNS.

Now, will tweak the system at will.

[phoenix]

Glad it's working.