Q:sysquery: no addrs found, root nameserver problem

[kkc]

---Barry Margolin <barmar at bbnplanet.com>
 wrote:---
>In article <0FHC00JJRHB9B6 at mta3.infoseekmail.com>, kkc  <kkc_ at go.com> wrote:
>>I am running bind 8.2.1 on a host that is authoritative for our internal
>>DNS records.   It has no connectivity to any root servers or
>>the internet.  The root zone is "type hint" and the associated file lists
>>some firewalls which can do public side DNS resolution (but
>>they are not root nameservers.)  These firewalls are also the machines
>>listed under forwarders under OPTIONS in the config file.  Everything is
>>fine functionally (I can do both private and public DNS) However, bind
>>keeps complaining in the log file:
>> 
>>        sysquery: no addrs found for root NS()
>> 
>>How can I configure bind so that this error does not occur? 
>>Functionally, I do not really need root nameservers but it doesn't
>>seem like you can configure bind to not use them.
>
>The first thing that named does when it starts up is get the current list
>of root servers.  If it doesn't have forwarders configured, it asks one of
>the servers in the hint file; if it has forwarders configured, it asks its
>forwarder.
>
>Apparently in your configuration, the forwarder is not responding to the
>query for the root NS records.  You need to figure out why your firewalls
>aren't responding properly for this information.
>

When I do a "dig . ns @firewall", I do get a response of all the root nameservers... so unless the firewall is not returning the information in the proper format to named...

Thanks..





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