maradns on ubuntu

1] Install maradns

sudo aptitude install maradns


2] Check if its running

pgrep maradns

3] Edit mararc to be recursive

sudo vi /etc/maradns/mararc

4] Have this settings:

bind_address = "192.168.2.231"
recursive_acl = "192.168.2.0/24"
random_seed_file = "/dev/urandom"
root_servers["."] = "osrc"
root_servers = {}

5] link /etc/mararc to your /etc/maradns/mararc

ln -s /etc/maradns/mararc /etc/mararc

6] Restart maradns

sudo /etc/init.d/maradns restart


To troubleshoot the error you can execute:
a] touch /var/log/maradns
b] nohup maradns >> /var/log/maradns &