Detailed logging of dynamic updates

[Mark.Andrews at nominum.com]

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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: peter at icke-reklam.ipsec.nu.invalid
> > [mailto:peter at icke-reklam.ipsec.nu.invalid]
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 10:12 AM
> > To: comp-protocols-dns-bind at moderators.isc.org
> > Subject: Re: Detailed logging of dynamic updates
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> > Treptow, Craig <Treptow.Craig at principal.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > Hi.  We are running 8.2.2-p5 on AIX.  We do dynamic updates 
> > that are aut=
> > omated by sending the update command as a message via MQ 
> > Series.  Occasion=
> > ally there are problems with the update where it appears some 
> > of the updat=
> > es worked, while others seem to have failed.  This just 
> > happened again las=
> > t night, but the last thing in the log mentioned below was 
> > logged last yea=
> > r.  I have this in my logging statement:
> > 
> > Is it IBM's version of bind ?  (they made a number of changes 
> > which makes
> > it off-track with official bind)
> 
> Nope.  It's straight off of ISC's site.
> > 
> > 
> > > channel update_file {
> > > file "/usr/local/named/logs/named.update" versions 5 size 1M;
> > > print-time yes;
> > > print-category no;
> > > print-severity yes;
> > > };
> > 
> > > category update { update_file; };
> > 
> > > With this, the log only has things such as:
> > 
> > > 20-Dec-2000 14:07:11.667 error: error processing update 
> > packet (YXRRSET)=
> >  id 35498 from [162.131.2.17].62831

	A pre-requisite was not met.  This is not really a error.
	The client ask the server to only perform the change if
	a condition was met.  It wasn't.


> > 
> > > By the time we hear of the problem, any evidence, or clue I 
> > might have g=
> > otten from the .ixfr or .log files for the zone is lost, 
> > because the chang=
> > es logged in those files have been merged with the zone file.

	There is nothing to log becaue no change was made.

> > 
> > > Is there any way to get BIND to log more detail regarding 
> > the update req=
> > uests it receives, or the updates it has done?  The 
> > information stored in =
> > the .log and .ixfr files would be great to have on a more 
> > permanent basis.=
> >   I've searched through the archives, but couldn't find 
> > anything regarding=
> >  this kind of detailed logging.=20=20
> > 
> > > Any help is appreciated.
> > 
> > > Thanks!
> > 
> > > Craig Treptow
> > > Principal Financial Group
> > > I/S Network Administration
> > > (515) 247-6207
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