Hosts file Problems

Here is my problem, I followed the steps in this tutorial...

Install Zimbra on Ubuntu

And when I go to install Zimba (sudo ./install.sh) I get an error that I need to fix my hosts file

Currently this is how it looks:

Code:

127.0.0.1       localhost   localhost
192.168.1.10   mail.MYNAME.dyndns.org      mail

What am I doing wrong? I've also tried just using MYNAME.dyndns.org as well and I still get the same error.

Thanks for any suggestions guys...I am still a little green when it comes to Linux. (especially with networking)

 

Zimbra will be the MTA. Do not reference

This is totally wrong. dyndns.org is an official name and I'm sure you're not the owner of dyndns.org. 192.168 is a local ip address and you should "invent" your own name for is. Call it something like mail.myhome.loc.

The /etc/hosts issue is discussed many, many times in the Zimbra forums. Maybe you should have a look there also?

 

still have problems,

I changed my hosts file to this:

Code:

127.0.0.1       localhost       localhost
127.0.1.1       ubuntu          ubuntu
192.168.1.10    mail.ubuntu.local       mail

and I still get the error that I need to fix it ....I don't understand what I am doing wrong here. I was asking on this forum because the How To article specifically said "don't ask questions in the comments, ask in the forums"

 

IS there an MX record for mail.MYNAME.dyndns.org? You can check with

Code:

dig mx mail.MYNAME.dyndns.org

Zimbra needs a valid MX record.

 

This is the output.

Code:

; <<>> DiG 9.3.4 <<>> mx jupaine.dyndns.org
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 61453
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;jupaine.dyndns.org.            IN      MX

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
dyndns.org.             600     IN      SOA     ns1.dyndns.org. hostmaster.dyndns.org. 3414054541 600 300 604800 600

;; Query time: 46 msec
;; SERVER: 192.168.1.1#53(192.168.1.1)
;; WHEN: Sun Mar 11 17:01:49 2007
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 87

As far as I can tell, this does indicate that I have a mx record correct?

As you may have gathered, I am really quite clueless as to how to setup/config the hosts file ... This is what I have at the moment:

Code:

127.0.0.1       localhost       localhost
127.0.1.1       ubuntu          ubuntu
192.168.1.10    mail.ubuntu.local       mail

Do I need to include jupaine.dyndns.org any where in the hosts file?

 

No, there's no MX record. If there was an MX record, there would be an answer section in the dig output (now you have a question and an authority section).
Please create an MX record.