Split DNS setup problems.

[xxthegonzxx]

I'm following the guide (Split DNS - Zimbra :: Wiki) and got to the part where I need to edit the /etc/named.conf file. I've edited the named.conf file to look like this:

Options {
directory "/var/named";
dump-file "/var/named/data/cache_dump.db";
statistics-file "/var/named/data/named_stats.txt";
forwarders { 64.0.x.x; };
};
include "/etc/rndc.key";
zone "mail-ca3-archive.usaepay.com" {
type master;
file "db.mail-ca3-archive.usaepay.com";
};

Here's my db.mail-ca3-archive.usaepay.com file:

;
; Addresses and other host information.
;
@ IN SOA mail-ca3-archive.usaepay.com. hostmaster.mail-ca3.archive.usaepay.com. (
10118 ; Serial
43200 ; Refresh
3600 ; Retry
3600000 ; Expire
2592000 ; Minimum
); Define the nameservers and the mail servers
IN NS 10.10.x.x
mail IN A 10.10.x.x
IN MX 10 mail.usaepay.com.

Changed the /etc/resolv.conf to reflect my Zimbra server as the primary DNS and also set the search path to Zimbra server. When I run /etc/init.d/named restart I get:

Stopping named: [ OK ]
Starting named:
Error in named configuration:
db.mail-ca3-archive.usaepay.com:4: no TTL specified; using SOA MINTTL instead
db.mail-ca3-archive.usaepay.com:11: NS record '10.10.x.x' appears to be an address
zone mail-ca3-archive.usaepay.com/IN: NS '10.10.x.x.mail-ca3-archive.usaepay.com' has no address records (A or AAAA)
zone mail-ca3-archive.usaepay.com/IN: not loaded due to errors.
_default/mail-ca3-archive.usaepay.com/IN: bad zone
[FAILED]

I'm a newbie to this so please point me in the right direction. Thank you.

[spectra]

The 3 files you need to modify are shown below. I run Ubuntu.
I read that whatever your linux flavor is, it's the same files.
these files are very sensitive so don't type by hand unless you trust yourself. If you follow the guide and look at my sample files you should be ok.


db.mydomain.net file:
;
;BIND data file for fbocinc.net
;
$TTL 604800
@ IN SOA mail.mydomain.net. admin.mydomain.net. (
090628 ; Serial
604800 ; Refresh
86400 ; Retry
2419200 ; Expire
604800 ) ; Negative Cache TTL
;
@ IN NS mail
IN MX 10 mail
IN A 192.168.208.248
mail IN A 192.168.208.248


named.conf.local file:
//
// Do any local configuration here
//
zone "mydomain.net" {
type master;
file "/etc/bind/db.mydomain.net";
};

// Consider adding the 1918 zones here, if they are not used in your
// organization
//include "/etc/bind/zones.rfc1918";



named.conf.options file:
options {
directory "/var/cache/bind";
query-source address * port 53;

// 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 US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#800113 - Multiple DNS implementations vulnerable to cache poisoning

// 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.

forwarders {
xxx.166.8.54; yyy.118.1.28;
};

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