configuration not loading...won't respond to local queries

Hugh Lewis hlewis at master.roundtuit.com
Wed Apr 12 01:08:46 UTC 2000


Thanks, I've included the results below:
At 10:38 AM +1000 4/12/00, Mark.Andrews at nominum.com wrote:
>	Firstly the SOA RNAME (contact) field should be "root.roundtuit.com."
>	also the NS records between the parent and child zones need
>	to agree.

Corrected.


>	You have told Network Solutions that the servers are:
>	MASTER.ROUNDTUIT.COM         38.157.149.2
>	GALIFREY.ROUNDTUIT.COM       38.157.149.10
>	then you advertise in the zone that the server is
>	ROUNDTUIT.COM		     38.157.149.2
>
>	However neither of these should cause local lookups to fail, the
>	miss matching NS RRset will cause your clients problems however.
>
>	What does "dig roundtuit.com soa +norec @38.157.149.2" return?
[root at master named]# dig roundtuit.com soa +norec @38.157.149.2

; <<>> DiG 8.2 <<>> roundtuit.com soa +norec @38.157.149.2
; (1 server found)
;; res options: init defnam dnsrch
;; got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 63216
;; flags: qr aa ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 0
;; QUERY SECTION:
;;      roundtuit.com, type = SOA, class = IN

;; ANSWER SECTION:
roundtuit.com.          23h30m IN SOA   root.roundtuit.com. 
root\@roundtuit.com.
  (
                                         32701           ; serial
                                         3H              ; refresh
                                         30M             ; retry
                                         5w6d16h         ; expiry
                                         3D )            ; minimum


;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
roundtuit.com.          23h30m IN NS    master.roundtuit.com.
roundtuit.com.          23h30m IN NS    galifrey.roundtuit.com.

;; Total query time: 53 msec
;; FROM: master.roundtuit.com to SERVER: 38.157.149.2
;; WHEN: Tue Apr 11 19:05:43 2000
;; MSG SIZE  sent: 31  rcvd: 134




>	What does "dig roundtuit.com soa +norec @127.0.0.1" return?

[root at master named]# dig roundtuit.com soa +norec @127.0.0.1

; <<>> DiG 8.2 <<>> roundtuit.com soa +norec @127.0.0.1
; (1 server found)
;; res options: init defnam dnsrch
;; got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 25526
;; flags: qr aa ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 0
;; QUERY SECTION:
;;      roundtuit.com, type = SOA, class = IN

;; ANSWER SECTION:
roundtuit.com.          23h30m IN SOA   root.roundtuit.com. 
root\@roundtuit.com.
  (
                                         32701           ; serial
                                         3H              ; refresh
                                         30M             ; retry
                                         5w6d16h         ; expiry
                                         3D )            ; minimum


;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
roundtuit.com.          23h30m IN NS    master.roundtuit.com.
roundtuit.com.          23h30m IN NS    galifrey.roundtuit.com.

;; Total query time: 13 msec
;; FROM: master.roundtuit.com to SERVER: 127.0.0.1
;; WHEN: Tue Apr 11 19:07:06 2000
;; MSG SIZE  sent: 31  rcvd: 134


>	What is the contents of resolv.conf?

[root at master named]# cat /etc/resolv.conf
search roundtuit.com
;nameserver 38.157.149.2
nameserver 38.8.82.2
nameserver 38.8.83.2
nameserver 38.157.149.2


I've disabled my local query or nothing worked at all...


Thanks
Hugh


>	Mark
>
>  > Well, I'm running 8.2.2-P5 on a RedHat Linx 6.1 box. I've migrated up
>  > my box over the years and kept bind fairly current.
>  >
>  > After upgrading to RH6.1, I couldn't get BIND to respond to any
>  > "local" queries - queries from within my domain.
>  >
>  > I've updated to P5, added the TTL config to the zone files and, still
>  > have the same problem. A status reports:
>  > [root at master named]# /etc/rc.d/init.d/named status
>  > named 8.2.2-P5 Thu Mar 30 19:23:13 CST 2000
>  > hlewis at master.roundtuit.com:/usr/local/bind/src/bin/named
>  > number of zones allocated: 64
>  > debug level: 0
>  > xfers running: 0
>  > xfers deferred: 0
>  > soa queries in progress: 0
>  > query logging is OFF
>  > server is DONE priming
>  > server IS NOT loading its configuration
>  >
>  > The domain is roundtuit.com There are no subdomains but I am hosting
>  > a number of other domains - all which have CNAME entries back to my
>  > webserver - fairly standard ISP type setup for virtual webservers,
>  > mail servers, etc.
>  >
>  > Needless to say the response time is very poor and I'm having to hit
>  > my backup servers - upstream - to resolve anything.
>  >
>  > Anyone have any suggestions?
>  >
>  > Thanks
>  > Hugh
>  > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>  > Hugh Lewis
>  > Lewis Enterprises                      615.941.3083
>  > 213 Sugarberry Court               http://www.roundtuit.com
>  > Nashville, TN 37211                  hlewis at roundtuit.com
>  >
>  >
>--
>Mark Andrews, Nominum Inc. / Internet Software Consortium
>1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia
>PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742                 INTERNET: Mark.Andrews at nominum.com

----------------------------------------------------------------------
Hugh Lewis
Lewis Enterprises                      615.941.3083
213 Sugarberry Court               http://www.roundtuit.com
Nashville, TN 37211                  hlewis at roundtuit.com



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