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

[Greg Platt - Platt Consultants]

STOP! Don't waste your time. I took your suggestion and tried the "without
tilde's" test again. This time the result without the tildes is different.
I'm looking at them now. More shortly.

-----Original Message-----
From: list-bounces at maradns.org [mailto:list-bounces at maradns.org] On Behalf
Of Remco Rijnders
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