Error "Host xxxxxx not found: 2(SERVFAIL)"

Hi,
When I try to check following :

[root@shastriweb root]# /etc/init.d/named restart
Stopping named:
Starting named: [ OK ]
[root@shastriweb root]# host www.networkshastrihall.com
Host www.networkshastrihall.com not found: 2(SERVFAIL)

Gets above error.

I think I have created all file properly.

/etc/named.conf as follows :

#######

// generated by named-bootconf.pl

options {
directory "/var/named";

recursion yes;

forward first;
forwarders {
202.63.164.17;
202.63.164.18;
};


/*
* If there is a firewall between you and nameservers you want
* to talk to, you might need to uncomment the query-source
* directive below. Previous versions of BIND always asked
* questions using port 53, but BIND 8.1 uses an unprivileged
* port by default.
*/
query-source address * port 53;

notify no;




/*
logging {
channel query_logging {
# Enable query logging by uncommenting the below
#
};

//
// a caching only nameserver config
//
controls {
inet 127.0.0.1 allow { localhost; } keys { rndckey; };
};


zone "." IN {
type hint;
file "named.ca";
};

zone "networkshastrihall.com" IN {
type master;
file "networkshastrihall.com.zone";
};

zone "0.0.127.in-addr.arpa" {
type master;
file "0.0.127.IN-ADDR.ARPA.zone";
};zone "localhost" IN {
type master;
file "localhost.zone";
allow-update { none; };
};

include "/etc/rndc.key";

########

File /var/named/networkshastrihall.com.zone is as follows :

######

$ORIGIN networkshastrihall.com.
$TTL 86400


@ 1D IN SOA ns1 ( ;
admin ;
42 ; serial (d. adams)
3H ; refresh
15M ; retry
1W ; expiry
1D ) ; minimum

1D IN NS ns1 ;
1D IN NS ns2 ;
1D IN A 202.63.167.192 ;

1D IN MX 10 mail ;

ns1 1D IN A 202.63.167.192 ;
ns2 1D IN A 202.63.167.192 ;
www 1D IN A 202.63.167.192 ;
mail 1D IN A 202.63.167.192 ;
#######

File 0.0.127.IN-ADDR.ARPA.zone is as follows


######
$ORIGIN 0.0.127.IN-ADDR.ARPA.
$TTL 86400
@ IN SOA ns1.networkshastrihall.com. admin.basiczone.com. (
1997022700 ; Serial
28800 ; Refresh
14400 ; Retry
3600000 ; Expire
86400 ) ; Minimum
IN NS ns1.networkshastrihall.com.
IN NS ns2.networkshastrihall.com.

1 IN PTR www.networkshastrihall.com.
2 IN PTR ns1.networkshastrihall.com.
3 IN PTR ns2.networkshastrihall.com.
4 IN PTR mail.networkshastrihall.com.

#########

File named.ca is default
########


I retsarted /etc/init.d/named. Follwoing is starting log.
###########

Dec 28 22:23:18 shastriweb named[8247]: loading configuration from '/etc/named.conf'
Dec 28 22:23:18 shastriweb named[8247]: no IPv6 interfaces found
Dec 28 22:23:18 shastriweb named[8247]: listening on IPv4 interface lo, 127.0.0.1#53
Dec 28 22:23:18 shastriweb named[8247]: listening on IPv4 interface eth0, 202.183.69.130#53
Dec 28 22:23:18 shastriweb named[8247]: listening on IPv4 interface eth1, 192.168.0.1#53
Dec 28 22:23:18 shastriweb named[8247]: listening on IPv4 interface eth2, 202.63.167.192#53
Dec 28 22:23:18 shastriweb named[8247]: listening on IPv4 interface tunnel0, 202.63.162.62#53
Dec 28 22:23:18 shastriweb named[8247]: command channel listening on 127.0.0.1#953
Dec 28 22:23:18 shastriweb named[8247]: zone 0.0.127.in-addr.arpa/IN: has no NS records
Dec 28 22:23:18 shastriweb named[8247]: zone networkshastrihall.com/IN: has no NS records
Dec 28 22:23:18 shastriweb named[8247]: zone localhost/IN: loaded serial 42
Dec 28 22:23:18 shastriweb named[8247]: running
Dec 28 22:23:18 shastriweb named: named startup succeeded
##########

Don't know whats going wrong.

Help appreciated.

Try removing all those semicolons. You only need a semicolon if you have a comment on that line.

Your 0.0.127.in-addr.arpa zone is useless.

Modified file named.conf as follows :

#########
// generated by named-bootconf.pl

options {
directory "/var/named";

recursion yes;

forward first;
forwarders {
202.63.164.17;
202.63.164.18;
};


/*
* If there is a firewall between you and nameservers you want
* to talk to, you might need to uncomment the query-source
* directive below. Previous versions of BIND always asked
* questions using port 53, but BIND 8.1 uses an unprivileged
* port by default.
*/
query-source address * port 53;

notify no;

};

//
// a caching only nameserver

########

local.host as follows :

#########
$TTL 86400
$ORIGIN localhost.
@ 1D IN SOA @ root (
42 ; serial (d. adams)
3H ; refresh
15M ; retry
1W ; expiry
1D ) ; minimum

1D IN NS @
1D IN A 127.0.0.1

########

modified file networkshastrihall.com. as follows :

#########
$ORIGIN networkshastrihall.com.
$TTL 86400


@ 1D IN SOA ns1 (
admin
42
3H
15M
1W
1D )

1D IN NS ns1
1D IN NS ns2
1D IN A 202.63.167.192

1D IN MX 10 mail

ns1 1D IN A 202.63.167.192
ns2 1D IN A 202.63.167.192
www 1D IN A 202.63.167.192
mail 1D IN A 202.63.167.192

########
modified file 0.0.127.IN-ADDR.ARPA. as follows :

########

$ORIGIN 0.0.127.IN-ADDR.ARPA.
$TTL 86400
@ IN SOA ns1.networkshastrihall.com. admin.basiczone.com. (
1997022700
28800
14400
3600000
86400 )
IN NS ns1.networkshastrihall.com.
IN NS ns2.networkshastrihall.com.

1 IN PTR www.networkshastrihall.com.
2 IN PTR ns1.networkshastrihall.com.
3 IN PTR ns2.networkshastrihall.com.
4 IN PTR mail.networkshastrihall.com.
#########

Still problem persists.

It is working now.
Problem was due to improper arrangement of file "networkshastrihall.com".

Thanks for support.