Service named restart error in the dns

Question

Friends...
OS: OEL 6.3 64 bit.
i am setting up the dns for my oracle 11gR2 rac. but i am facing this error...i dont know where i am making mistake.
errors.....
    [root@mydns named]# service named restart
    Stopping named: [ OK ]
    Starting named:
    Error in named configuration:
    sathy.net.zone:9: NS record '192.168.1.2' appears to be an address
    zone sathy.net/IN: NS '192.168.1.2.sathy.net' has no address records (A or AAAA)
    zone sathy.net/IN: not loaded due to errors.
    _default/sathy.net/IN: bad zone
    1.168.192.in-addr.arpa:9: NS record '192.168.1.2' appears to be an address
    1.168.192.in-addr.arpa:10: NS record '192.168.1.1' appears to be an address
    zone 1.168.192.in-addr.arpa/IN: NS '192.168.1.1.1.168.192.IN-ADDR.ARPA' has no address records (A or AAAA)
    zone 1.168.192.in-addr.arpa/IN: NS '192.168.1.2.1.168.192.IN-ADDR.ARPA' has no address records (A or AAAA)
    zone 1.168.192.in-addr.arpa/IN: not loaded due to errors.
    _default/1.168.192.in-addr.arpa./IN: bad zone
    [FAILED
    my /etc/named.conf
    =====================================
    // Default named.conf generated by install of bind-9.2.4-30.el4_7.2
    options {
    directory "/var/named";
    dump-file "/var/named/data/cache_dump.db";
    statistics-file "/var/named/data/named_stats.txt";
    forwarders { 192.168.1.1; };
    include "/etc/rndc.key";
    zone "sathy.net" IN {
    type master;
    file "sathy.net.zone";
    allow-update { none; };
    zone "1.168.192.in-addr.arpa." IN {
    type master;
    file "1.168.192.in-addr.arpa";
    allow-update { none; };
    zone "." in {
    type hint;
    file "/dev/null";
    vi /var/named/1.168.192.in-addr.arpa
    =======================================
    $TTL 86400
    $ORIGIN 1.168.192.IN-ADDR.ARPA.
    @ IN SOA mydns.sathy.net. webmaster.sathy.net. (
    2
    3H
    1H
    1W
    1H )
    IN NS 192.168.1.2
    IN NS 192.168.1.1
    3 IN PTR rac1.sathy.net.
    5 IN PTR rac2.sathy.net.
    4 IN PTR rac1-vip.sathy.net.
    6 IN PTR rac2-vip.sathy.net.
    7 IN PTR sathy-scan.sathy.net.
    8 IN PTR sathy-scan.sathy.net.
    9 IN PTR sathy-scan.sathy.net.
    vi /var/sathy.net.zone
    ====================================
    $TTL 86400
    @ IN SOA sathy.net. sathy.net.(
    42 ; serial (d. adams)
    3H ; refresh
    15M ; retry
    1W ; expiry
    1D ) ; minimum
    sathy.net. IN NS 192.168.1.2
    localhost IN A 127.0.0.1
    rac1.sathy.net. IN A 192.168.1.3
    rac2.sathy.net. IN A 192.168.1.5
    rac1-vip.sathy.net. IN A 192.168.1.4
    rac2-vip.sathy.net. IN A 192.168.1.6
    sathy-scan.sathy.net. IN A 192.168.1.7
    sathy-scan.sathy.net. IN A 192.168.1.8
    sathy-scan.sathy.net. IN A 192.168.1.9thanks

Answer 1

Check the format of your NS entries.
The below seems wrong:
sathy.net. IN NS 192.168.1.2
localhost IN A 127.0.0.1
change to
NS 192.168.1.2.
or
NS sathy.net.
Note the dot (.) to terminate the entry.
For example: http://tldp.org/HOWTO/DNS-HOWTO-7.html