NXDOMAIN Error

[Jim Reid]

>>>>> "Barry" == Barry Finkel <b19141 at achilles.ctd.anl.gov> writes:

    Barry> In December I posted a query to bind-users regarding an
    Barry> NXDOMAIN error for

    Barry>      barge.mcs.anl.gov

    Barry> Barry Margolin responded, "It's also listed as one of the
    Barry> nameservers for NONICK.ORG domain".  We have corrected that
    Barry> domain to use a different name server, but we are still
    Barry> seeing the NXDOMAIN error message.  What query was used to
    Barry> find the NONICK.ORG NS record that pointed to barge?  I
    Barry> would like to find out if there are other domains that
    Barry> point to barge as a name server.

Dump your name server's cache and look for any resource records for
barge.mcs.anl.gov. The entries in the cache dump file will tell you
where your name server learnt about that name. It's also possible that
the name is in some zone that is slaved on your name server.