No root nameservers for class IN

Mark_Andrews at isc.org Mark_Andrews at isc.org
Tue Oct 12 07:57:06 UTC 1999


> Hi,
> I'm not an expert, but i think you should this, it might solve your
> problem. 
> 
> zone "." in {
>                                 type hint;
>                                 file "db.root";
> };
> 
> Regards,
> Martin Veenstra

	Martin,
		the only solution prior to 8.2.2 is to ignore the messages.
	James wants his server to be root server, converting to hints
	defeats this.  Adding a hints zone will cause "redefinition" errors.

	Mark
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Hall-Kenney [mailto:JHall at sytec.co.nz]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 1999 3:36 AM
> To: 'bind-users at isc.org'
> Subject: No root nameservers for class IN
> 
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I have configured logging to log all info to a file "named.log" for
> severity
> info and above.  The named.log reports an error:
> 12-Oct-1999 14:33:38.998 default: info: listening on [127.0.0.1].53
> (lo0)
> 12-Oct-1999 14:33:39.006 default: info: listening on [10.184.0.28].53
> (le0)
> 12-Oct-1999 14:33:39.011 default: info: Forwarding source address is
> [0.0.0.0].49367
> 12-Oct-1999 14:33:39.193 default: notice: Ready to answer queries.
> 12-Oct-1999 14:33:39.217 default: info: No root nameservers for class IN
> 12-Oct-1999 14:33:39.218 default: info: sysquery: findns error
> (SERVFAIL) on
> ?
> 
> This server should itself be a root server.  From the named.conf
> ...
> # This server is a root server
> zone "." in {
>                                 type master;
>                                 file "db.root";
> };
> ...
> 
> The root zone appears to load according to named.log
> 12-Oct-1999 13:26:24.219 load: info: master zone "" (IN) loaded (serial
> 1999101100)
> ...
> (Should this say ""?)
> 
> db.root:
> ;======================================================================
> ; db.root - Forward mapping file for .
> ;
> ; Origin added to names not ended in a dot.
> ;
> ;======================================================================
> ;  Serial      By             Change
> ;---------------------------------------------------------------------
> ; 1999101100  named.pl        Created Zone file
> ;
> ;======================================================================
> ;
> ; Default TTL for all records.
> $TTL 1d12h
> 
> @       IN    SOA ns1.zone.org.nz. dnsadmin.zone.org.nz. (
>                           1999101100        ; Serial
>                           3h                ; Refresh
>                           1h                ; Retry
>                           7d                ; Expire
>                           1d12h )           ; Negative cache TTL
> 
> ;======================================================================
> ; Name Server Resource Records
> ;======================================================================
>                                    IN    NS      ns1.zone.org.nz.
>                                    IN    NS      ns2.zone.org.nz.
> ns1.zone.org.nz.                   IN    A       10.184.0.28
> ns2.zone.org.nz.                   IN    A       10.184.0.29
> 
> 
> ;======================================================================
> ; localhost is treated as a special case
> ;======================================================================
> localhost                          IN    A       127.0.0.1
> loghost                            IN    CNAME   localhost.
> loopback                           IN    CNAME   localhost.
> timehost                           IN    CNAME   localhost.
> mailhost                           IN    CNAME   localhost.
> 
> +NS records for zones hosted on ns1 & ns2.
> 
> The server appears to act as a root server OK - using nslookup on the
> server
> itself and clients, I can query zones hosted on ns2.zone.org.nz.
> 
> Where am I going wrong?
> 
> Cheers
> 
> James
> 
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Mark Andrews, Internet Software Consortium
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