Having problems with internal-only install

[LittleLebowski]

I don't seem to be capable of getting this working. I have no idea what I'm missing.

hostname fakedomain.com

less /etc/resolve.conf

nameserver 192.168.246.165
domain fakedomain.com
search fakedomain.com

less /etc/hosts

127.0.0.1       localhost.localdomain localhost
192.168.246.165  fakedomain.com fakedomain

less /etc/bind/named.conf.options

options {
        directory "/etc/bind";

        // If there is a firewall between you and nameservers you want
        // to talk to, you may need to fix the firewall to allow multiple
        // ports to talk.  See http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/800113

        // If your ISP provided one or more IP addresses for stable 
        // nameservers, you probably want to use them as forwarders.  
        // Uncomment the following block, and insert the addresses replacing 
        // the all-0's placeholder.


        auth-nxdomain no;    # conform to RFC1035
        listen-on-v6 { any; };
        recursion no;
};

zone "fakedomain.com" {
    type master;
    file "/etc/bind/db.23";
};

less /etc/bind/db.23


;
;       Addresses and other host information.
;
@       IN      SOA     cdbamail.gov. hostmaster.cdbamail.gov. (
                               10118      ; Serial
                               43200      ; Refresh
                               3600       ; Retry
                               3600000    ; Expire
                               2592000 )  ; Minimum
;       Define the nameservers and the mail servers
               IN      NS      192.168.246.165
               IN      MX      10 mail.fakedomain.com.
mail           IN      A       192.168.246.165
/etc/bind/db.23 (END)

[LittleLebowski]

root@fakedomain:~# host $(hostname)
Host fakedomain.com.fakedomain.com not found: 2(SERVFAIL)

[LittleLebowski]

What would cause it to append the domain name to the hostname?

fakedomain.com.fakedomain.com

[p_nyet]

Do you have incorrect dns record, if you want to use mail.fakedomain.com as your MX record you have to use mail.fakedomain.com as your hostname in zimbra.

@ IN SOA cdbamail.gov. hostmaster.cdbamail.gov. (
10118 ; Serial
43200 ; Refresh
3600 ; Retry
3600000 ; Expire
2592000 ) ; Minimum
; Define the nameservers and the mail servers
IN NS 192.168.246.165
IN MX 10 mail.fakedomain.com.
mail IN A 192.168.246.165
###############################

cat /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
::1 localhost6.localdomain6 localhost6
192.168.246.165 mail.fakedomain.com

$ cat /etc/hostname
mail.fakedomain.com

try to restart named:
$ service named restart

try to lookup your hostname
$ hostname
mail.fakedomain.com

try to lookup dns record:

$ dig mail.fakedomain.com

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;mail.fakedomain.com. IN A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
mail.fakedomain.com. 10800 IN A 192.168.246.165


;; Query time: 89 msec


I think my explanation is very clear, please see wiki.zimbra.com to more info and good luck...

[LittleLebowski]

Bumping old thread but it's relevant....

Hostname command is working.

root@mail:/etc/bind/zones# host $(hostname)
mail.fakedomain.com has address 192.168.246.164

yet the dig test is not working.

root@mail:/etc/bind/zones# dig fakedomain.com mx

; <<>> DiG 9.7.1-P2 <<>> fakedomain.com mx
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 9589
;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0
;; WARNING: recursion requested but not available

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;fakedomain.com.			IN	MX

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
fakedomain.com		38400	IN	SOA	ns.fakedomain.com. admin.fakedomain.com. 2007062001 28800 3600 604800 38400

;; Query time: 4 msec
;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1)
;; WHEN: Fri Apr  8 13:41:03 2011
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 75

Not seeing the ANSWER SECTION.

Below is my zone file.

$TTL 3D
@ IN SOA ns.fakedomain.com. admin.fakedomain.com. (
   2007062001
   28800
   3600
   604800
   38400
);
cdbamail.gov.  IN  NS         ns.fakedomain.com.
wtf             IN     A          192.168.246.20
ns              IN   A           192.168.246.164
                 IN  MX 10     mail.fakedomain.com
mail           IN  A            192.168.246.164
mail.fakedomain.com  IN  A  192.168.246.164