New MaraDNS install & New user getting Unexpected character errors on load.

[Greg Platt - Platt Consultants]

You know, I wondered about the tilde's at the ends of the lines myself since
the documentation I had (from the current docs on the MaraDNS site) showed
them but did not explain them. So I did try removing the ~ at the ends of
the lines BEFORE I posted my original message and it did not seem to make
any difference.

Sorry... I probably should have explained what troubleshooting I had already
tried. But I was trying to keep my post short and to the point.

-----Original Message-----
From: Remco Rijnders [mailto:remco at webconquest.com] 
Sent: Monday, August 04, 2008 9:58 AM
To: gregplatt at ix.netcom.com
Cc: list at maradns.org
Subject: RE: New MaraDNS install & New user getting Unexpected character
errors on load.

> Sorry, I realized shortly after I'd sent it that I'd left out that info as
> well as linux and apache details. I was reposting it to the list when your
> follow-up question arrived. Here's what I said:
>
> I'm running
>
> Debian v4.0r3 (etch)
>
> Linux v 2.6.18-6-686
>
> Apache v2.2.3
>
> Maradns v1.2.12.04-1etch2
>
> I'm trying to figure out what patches have been applied to v1.2.12.04 the
> "1etch2" suffix to the name does, I believe, indicate that some patches
> released AFTER the original v1.2.12 version have been applied to Maradns
> since the original February 08 release of Debian 4.0r3; but I'm not sure
> how
> to determine exactly WHAT patches have been applied.

I do not have my "play" maradns server at hand at the moment to try this
on, but I think the problem might be related to your records all ending in
" ~". Tilde handling was only introduced in maradns v1.3 and I'm not sure
how the 1.2 parser likes it. Looking at the zone files you posted, I think
you can safely leave off the ~ at the end of each line. Can you try and
see it that makes a difference?

Remco