the meaning of error

Jim Reid jim at rfc1035.com
Wed Sep 13 12:56:23 UTC 2000


>>>>> "Mark" == Mark Lo <markloky at netvigator.com> writes:

    Mark> Hi, what is the meaning at the following error.

    Mark> sysquery: findns error (NXDOMAIN) on dns2.domain.com?

This question is asked and answered at least once every couple of
weeks. Please consult list's the archives at www.isc.org next
time. That way, you can find out if your question has already been
answered. It'll also help you to help yourself if you check that
resource. An A-Z of common error messages from the BIND8 name server
can be found at http://www.acmebw.com/askmrdns/bind-messages.htm.
That's another resource everyone should check before posting a
question to the list.

Now to answer your question, the error message is your name server
telling you that it was told that dns2.domain.com - was that the
*real* name?? - was a name server for some zone. But when it looked up
that name, it got an NXDOMAIN error: no such host/domain. So somebody
has screwed up at least one of their zone's NS records and pointed
that at a name that doesn't exist.




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