DNS running on a IP alias doesn't work!! Please help!

Christian Krackowizer ckrackowiz at std.schuler-ag.com
Fri Apr 21 06:34:44 UTC 2000


At 08:26 20.04.2000, you wrote:
>Barry Margolin schrieb:
> >The methods for finding all the IP aliases differ from OS to OS.  4.9.3 was
> >the first version that tried, and it probably didn't know how to do it on
> >AIX.
> >Why don't you take the hint and upgrade?  There's no excuse for continuing
> >to run 4.9.3.  If you don't want to convert your files, upgrade to 4.9.7,
> >since it uses the same named.boot syntax.
>
>Hello again
>
>Thanks for your email Barry! I compiled BIND 4.9.7 on my 4.3.1 AIX and
>installed it. But it seems, that BIND 4.9.7 has the same alias-problem as
>BIND 4.9.3. The receiver gets the DNS-Answer from the original IP-Adresse
>instead from the alias adress! (See the ipreport with BIND 4.9.7 below).
>So I think the only way is to convert my files to BIND 8... or has anybody
>else an other solution for my problem BIND on alias-IP with AIX?
>I'm thankful for every help

Despite Barry suggested to upgrade to 4.9.7, I think the best to get optimal
support in this group is to upgrade to 8.2.2-P5. There are conversion scripts
for the config scripts within the kit, so it's not a complex step.

with best regards

Christian Krackowizer

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