[SOLVED] DNS problem?

[masterguido]

Hi everybody!
I have one opensuse 11 server(IP: 200.40.171.98), providing ip masquerading to other users with iptables.
In another box(IP: 192.168.1.7) I have installed Opensuse 10.3 to provide mail via Zimbra.
I have tried several configurations of MX records, resolv.conf, etc. but I still have this issue:
(in mxlookup.com)
An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host
200.40.171.98:25

I have opened this port already.
Any help will be appreciated.

[uxbod]

Welcome to the forums

Please post the following information so we are able to check your DNS setup for you

cat /etc/hosts
cat /etc/resolv.conf
dig yourdomain mx
dig yourdomain any
host `hostname` <- note backticks and not single quotes

[masterguido]

Hi
here are the outputs you request:
cat /etc/hosts
#
# hosts This file describes a number of hostname-to-address
# mappings for the TCP/IP subsystem. It is mostly
# used at boot time, when no name servers are running.
# On small systems, this file can be used instead of a
# "named" name server.
# Syntax:
#
# IP-Address Full-Qualified-Hostname Short-Hostname
#

127.0.0.1 localhost

# special IPv6 addresses
::1 localhost ipv6-localhost ipv6-loopback

fe00::0 ipv6-localnet

ff00::0 ipv6-mcastprefix
ff02::1 ipv6-allnodes
ff02::2 ipv6-allrouters
ff02::3 ipv6-allhosts
127.0.0.2 suselinux11.susesanjuan suselinux11
192.168.1.1 Suse Suse
200.40.171.98 Bienvenida Colegio San Juan Bautista.
192.168.1.7 correo.sanjuan.edu.uy correo


cat /etc/resolv.conf
### BEGIN INFO
#
#
### END INFO
#
domain sanjuan.edu.uy
nameserver 200.40.171.98
nameserver 200.40.30.245
nameserver 200.40.220.245
search susesanjuan correo.sanjuan.edu.uy

dig yourdomain mx

; <<>> DiG 9.4.2 <<>> sanjuan.edu.uy mx
;; global options: printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 36367
;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;sanjuan.edu.uy. IN MX

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
sanjuan.edu.uy. 86400 IN SOA ns.sanjuan.edu.uy. javierfil.gmail.com. 9 10800 900 604800 86400

;; Query time: 1 msec
;; SERVER: 200.40.171.98#53(200.40.171.98)
;; WHEN: Tue Mar 24 10:27:21 2009
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 90

dig yourdomain any

; <<>> DiG 9.4.2 <<>> sanjuan.edu.uy any
;; global options: printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 5867
;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 5, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 4

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;sanjuan.edu.uy. IN ANY

;; ANSWER SECTION:
sanjuan.edu.uy. 259200 IN SOA ns.sanjuan.edu.uy. javierfil.gmail.com. 9 10800 900 604800 86400
sanjuan.edu.uy. 259200 IN NS ns.sanjuan.edu.uy.
sanjuan.edu.uy. 259200 IN NS ns1.us.editdns.net.
sanjuan.edu.uy. 259200 IN NS ns3.us.editdns.net.
sanjuan.edu.uy. 259200 IN NS ns2.us.editdns.net.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
ns.sanjuan.edu.uy. 259200 IN A 200.40.171.98
ns1.us.editdns.net. 102575 IN A 74.52.212.235
ns2.us.editdns.net. 102575 IN A 72.249.105.234
ns3.us.editdns.net. 102575 IN A 64.251.10.77

;; Query time: 8 msec
;; SERVER: 200.40.171.98#53(200.40.171.98)
;; WHEN: Tue Mar 24 10:27:30 2009
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 236

host `hostname`
Host suselinux11 not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)

[uxbod]

Okay, as your server is on a private LAN you will need to setup a Wiki :: Split DNS architecture. You also need to fix your /etc/hosts file as that is wrong aswell. Please read through the documentation again on how these files should be configured :- Zimbra :: Community Edition Single Server Install

[masterguido]

Our /etc/hosts output was wrong!
This is the real one:

#
# hosts This file describes a number of hostname-to-address
# mappings for the TCP/IP subsystem. It is mostly
# used at boot time, when no name servers are running.
# On small systems, this file can be used instead of a
# "named" name server.
# Syntax:
#
# IP-Address Full-Qualified-Hostname Short-Hostname
#

127.0.0.1 localhost

# special IPv6 addresses
::1 localhost ipv6-localhost ipv6-loopback

fe00::0 ipv6-localnet

ff00::0 ipv6-mcastprefix
ff02::1 ipv6-allnodes
ff02::2 ipv6-allroutersOur /etc/hosts output wa wrong!
This is the real one:

#
# hosts This file describes a number of hostname-to-address
# mappings for the TCP/IP subsystem. It is mostly
# used at boot time, when no name servers are running.
# On small systems, this file can be used instead of a
# "named" name server.
# Syntax:
#
# IP-Address Full-Qualified-Hostname Short-Hostname
#

127.0.0.1 localhost

# special IPv6 addresses
::1 localhost ipv6-localhost ipv6-loopback

fe00::0 ipv6-localnet

ff00::0 ipv6-mcastprefix
ff02::1 ipv6-allnodes
ff02::2 ipv6-allrouters
ff02::3 ipv6-allhosts
127.0.0.2 suselinux11.susesanjuan suselinux11
192.168.1.1 Suse Suse
200.40.171.98 Bienvenida Colegio San Juan Bautista.
192.168.1.7 correo.sanjuan.edu.uy correo


Is thi wrong too?
ff02::3 ipv6-allhosts
127.0.0.2 suselinux11.susesanjuan suselinux11
192.168.1.1 Suse Suse
200.40.171.98 Bienvenida Colegio San Juan Bautista.
192.168.1.7 correo.sanjuan.edu.uy correo


Is thi wrong too?

[uxbod]

You cannot have something like this in your hosts file

200.40.171.98 http://www.sanjuan.edu.uy/

[masterguido]

In my /etc/hosts file it reads:
200.40.171.98 Bienvenida Colegio San Juan Bautista.
with that, when I check our site with mxtoolbox, I get

ns1.us.editdns.net reports the following MX records for sanjuan.edu.uy
Preference 10
Host Name: correo.sanjuan.edu.uy
IP address: 200.40.171.98
TTL: 86400

This line in particular seems to be working.

[phoenix]

Your hosts file should contain only the following:

127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
200.40.171.98 correo.sanjuan.edu.uy correo

fix that and then post the output of the commands you were asked for earlier:

cat /etc/hosts
cat /etc/resolv.conf
dig yourdomain mx
dig yourdomain any
host `hostname` <- note backticks and not single quotes

Please enclose the output of each command in 'quotes' to make it easier to read, hightlight a piece of text the hit the quote button (the # symbol) above the text edit box.

[phoenix]

Originally Posted by masterguido

Hi everybody!
I have one opensuse 11 server(IP: 200.40.171.98), providing ip masquerading to other users with iptables.
In another box(IP: 192.168.1.7) I have installed Opensuse 10.3 to provide mail via Zimbra.
I have tried several configurations of MX records, resolv.conf, etc. but I still have this issue:
(in mxlookup.com)
An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host
200.40.171.98:25

I have opened this port already.
Any help will be appreciated.

Actually, reading this post your DNS is wrong. You need a Split DNS set-up to point to the LAN IP of your Zimbra server and you should also modify the hosts file to have this IP address as well. Your hosts file should actually look like this:

127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
192.168.1.7 correo.sanjuan.edu.uy correo

When you have fixed the hosts file and the DNS please run the commands I mentioned in the post above and post the output.

BTW, I'd suggest you don't use openSUSE for the Zimbra server as it will not be supported after the current 5.x Zimbra release.

[masterguido]

I have read the split DNS article, but I still have doubts:
my internet server and web server has IP 200.40.171.98
The other box(mail server) has IP 192.168.1.7
The external DNS resolver is editdns.net:
Maybe this image explains better my situation:
[IMG]d:\dns.jpg[/IMG]

Thanks a lot.