No root nameservers for class IN (but I really don't want any in there)
Mark_Andrews at isc.org
Mark_Andrews at isc.org
Sun Oct 24 06:14:35 UTC 1999
Oops, I forgot about that bug. BIND 8 prior to 8.2.2 tries to
prime root nameservers (master/slave) when it doesn't need to
resulting in this error message. Get BIND 8.2.2 where this bug
is fixed.
You also need a "137.121.42.in-addr.arpa" zone.
Mark
>
> Hi,
>
> I did it, but I still get the "No root nameservers for class IN" :
>
> 1033 [1] # nslookup harrlod.on.ca 42.121.137.34
> *** Can't find server name for address 42.121.137.34: Server failed
> *** Default servers are not available
>
> ...
> Oct 24 01:20:10 fred named[20451]: master zone "harrlod.on.ca" (IN) loaded (s
> erial 1999102401)
> Oct 24 01:20:10 fred named[20451]: listening on [42.121.137.34].53 (eth1)
> Oct 24 01:20:10 fred named[20451]: Forwarding source address is [0.0.0.0].105
> 5
> Oct 24 01:20:10 fred named[20452]: Ready to answer queries.
> Oct 24 01:20:10 fred named[20452]: No root nameservers for class IN
> Oct 24 01:20:11 fred named[20452]: sysquery: findns error (SERVFAIL) on ?
>
> if I say
> zone "." { type hint ; file "root.zone"; };
> instead of
> zone "." { type master; file "root.zone"; };
> I get :
> Oct 24 01:29:58 fred named[20492]: sysquery: query() contains our address (ns
> :42.121.137.34)
> Oct 24 01:29:58 fred named[20492]: sysquery: query() No possible A RRs
> and same nslookup error
>
> (config shown below)
>
>
what am I doing wrong ?
>
> Thanx,
>
> Jan
>
> On Sat, 23 Oct 1999 marka at isc.org wrote:
>
> > > how do I get the named to resolve the abc.com without having to put the
> > > named.ca into the config file ?
> >
> > All DNS universes require root servers. As your univers does not
> > currently have one you need to supply one.
> >
> > zone "." {
> > type master;
> > file "root.db";
> > }
> >
> > root.db:
> > $TTL 3600
> > @ IN SOA ...
> > IN NS ...
> > abc.com IN NS ...
> > 0.0.127.in-addr.arpa IN NS ...
> >
> > The root zone is like any other zone. It has SOA and NS records
> > delegations to child zones (abc.com and 0.0.127.in-addr.arpa in this
> > case) and glue record for the root NS RRset and the child zones.
> >
> > Mark
>
> here is my config :
>
> named.conf :
> options {
> directory "/var/named/generated";
> pid-file "/var/run/named.pid";
> allow-transfer { none; };
> listen-on { 42.121.137.34; };
> };
> zone "." {
> type master;
> file "root.zone";
> };
> zone "0.0.127.in-addr.arpa" {
> type master;
> file "named.local";
> };
> ...
> zone "harrlod.on.ca" {
> type master;
> file "harrlod.on.ca.zone";
> };
>
> root.zone :
> @ SOA ns.localhost hostmaster.localhost (
> 1900000000 ; Serial
> 360000 ; Refresh period
> 3600 ; Retry refresh this often
> 3600000 ; Expiration period
> 36000 ; Minimum TTL
> )
>
> @ NS ns
> ns A 42.121.137.34
> 42.121.137.34. PTR ns
> 0.0.127.in-addr.arpa NS ns
> harrlod.on.ca NS ns
>
>
>
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Mark Andrews, Internet Software Consortium
1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia
PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: marka at isc.org
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