Subject: Re: named .rev format ??
To: None <a.fowler@ic.ac.uk>
From: Masami and Ken Nakata <masami@fa2.so-net.or.jp>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 03/03/1997 23:52:24
On Mon, 3 Mar 1997 12:11:12 +0000 (GMT),
a.fowler@ic.ac.uk wrote:
> my named.boot file has an entry like 
> 
> primary 1.193.IN-ADDR.ARPN hellhosts.rev 
> (or similar)
> 
> but I can't seem to get it to reverse map the names. Is there a special 
> type I missed from the manpage, or do i have to specify some wierd 
> option to the booter or something.
> 
> should my lines be diferent from this one?? 
> 
> crowley.styx.helian.	A	193.1.2.2

Shouldn't you have:

2	PTR	crowley.styx.helian.

in your hellhosts.rev?  By the way, the "primary" line should be,
I think:

primary		2.1.193.IN-ADDR.ARPA	hellhosts.rev

Hope this helps,

Ken