Confused server?

[Kevin Darcy]

There are no load errors on the master server? Are you sure? Check your logging
configuration and/or syslog configuration; maybe the errors are being written
some place unexpected. Short of a load error, I've never known a server
configured as master for a zone to not answer authoritatively for it. And I've
never known a nameserver to *silently* fail to load a zone file either.

Just to be sure, though, you could always start the server up in debug mode...


- Kevin

Jason Williams wrote:

> Thanks for the bit of information,  But still the problem remains that i
> still cannot get the Slave server ns2.fubaria.net to ask ns.fubaria.net for
> updates due to the fact that named-xfer is reporting that ns.fubaria.net is
> not an AA server.    and named is not reporting any errors of any kind when
> loading in /var/log/messages or /var/adm/messages.
>
> Jason Williams
>
> At 07:11 PM 8/1/2000 -0400, Kevin Darcy wrote:
>
> >You are misreading nslookup's output. "Authoritative answers can be found
> >from" is just nslookup's best *guess* as to what servers would give
> >authoritative answers for the zone; certainly nslookup has not gone through
> >and verified that each one is in fact answering authoritatively for it --
> >that would be a lot of work for little gain. So it is quite common for a
> >non-authoritatively-answering server -- a so-called "lame" server -- to
> >appear in this section of the output. Technically, the "Authoritative
> >answers can be found from" section of nslookup's output is just a rendering
> >of the "Authority" section of the DNS response.
> >
> >The more important piece of information in that output is "Non-authoritative
> >answer". Technically, this means the "AA" (Authoritative Answer) flag was
> >not set in the response packet. If this response came from a server which
> >has defined the zone as a "master" zone, then it means the server didn't
> >load the zone properly. Look in your logs for the cause, most likely some
> >sort of syntax error.
> >
> >Note that "dig" is generally considered to be a better DNS troubleshooting
> >tool than "nslookup". It clearly delineates between sections of a response,
> >for example, instead of misleading people with mushy "Authoritative answers
> >can be found from" types of verbiage. It also clearly shows the flags
> >associated with DNS queries and responses, including the presence or absence
> >of the AA flag.
> >
> >
> >- Kevin
> >
> >Jason Williams wrote:
> >
> > > I believe i have a confused server..     For some reason (probably
> > > misconfiguration)  my master DNS for my domain is set to both a
> > > authoritive, and non-authoritive server.  because of this i can't get the
> > > slave DNS to replicate the zone.
> > >
> > > here is what nslookup gives me.
> > >
> > > nslookup -query=any fubaria.net
> > > Server:  localhost
> > > Address:  127.0.0.1
> > >
> > > Non-authoritative answer:
> > > fubaria.net     nameserver = NS.fubaria.net
> > > fubaria.net     nameserver = NS2.fubaria.net
> > > fubaria.net     internet address = 208.37.196.64
> > >
> > > Authoritative answers can be found from:
> > > fubaria.net     nameserver = NS.fubaria.net
> > > fubaria.net     nameserver = NS2.fubaria.net
> > > NS.fubaria.net  internet address = 208.37.196.64
> > > NS2.fubaria.net internet address = 208.37.196.65
> > >
> > > if anyone can give light to this error/misconfig,  Please inform me.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Jason Williams