out of zone NS records

Kevin Darcy kcd at daimlerchrysler.com
Wed Mar 14 00:53:47 UTC 2001


No, only the uscg.mil zone (assuming that's the closest zone ancestor) can
delegate osc.uscg.mil.


- Kevin

Lee, Elizabeth wrote:

> I have been tasked with bringing a group of nameservers into a standard
> alignment respective to their functions.  These servers were all running
> BIND 8.1.1, 8.1.2 or 4.9.3, and had enjoyed little attention over the years.
> Though I have many years of UNIX administration experience, I am a BIND/DNS
> novice; be aware that I am RTFM (including the O'Reilly book), poring over
> RFCs and still recovering from the flames I suffered LAST time I asked a
> question in this group.  You guys are all really brilliant, but you do not
> suffer newbies gracefully.  Be that as it may, I HUMBLY and RESPECTFULLY
> request your guidance on a small issue:
>
> Solaris 2.6 on a SPARCstation 10, running what appears to be 4.9.3
>         (the binary said 8.1, but it was a different size than the 8.1
> binary running elsewhere)
>
> After the first attempt at running 8.2.3, the errors made it clear that the
> config and db files were flawed.
> I have found and corrected most of the errors except for these NS records in
> each zone file:
>
> osc.uscg.mil.   IN      NS      netman.osc.uscg.mil.
> osc.uscg.mil.   IN      NS      sarpro1.osc.uscg.mil.
> osc.uscg.mil.   IN      NS      sarpro2.osc.uscg.mil.
> ;
> netman.osc.uscg.mil.    IN      A       152.119.204.204
> sarpro1.osc.uscg.mil.   IN      A       152.119.204.221
> sarpro2.osc.uscg.mil.   IN      A       152.119.204.222
>
> which generate the following errors:
>
> Mar  2 17:37:22 ddnmail named[14094]: fnoc.navy.mil:92: data "osc.uscg.mil"
> outside zone "fnoc.navy.mil" (ignored)
> Mar  2 17:37:22 ddnmail named[14094]: fnoc.navy.mil:93: data "osc.uscg.mil"
> outside zone "fnoc.navy.mil" (ignored)
> Mar  2 17:37:22 ddnmail named[14094]: fnoc.navy.mil:94: data "osc.uscg.mil"
> outside zone "fnoc.navy.mil" (ignored)
> Mar  2 17:37:22 ddnmail named[14094]: fnoc.navy.mil:96: data
> "netman.osc.uscg.mil" outside zone "fnoc.navy.mil" (ignored)
> Mar  2 17:37:22 ddnmail named[14094]: fnoc.navy.mil:97: data
> "sarpro1.osc.uscg.mil" outside zone "fnoc.navy.mil" (ignored)
> Mar  2 17:37:22 ddnmail named[14094]: fnoc.navy.mil:98: data
> "sarpro2.osc.uscg.mil" outside zone "fnoc.navy.mil" (ignored)
> Mar  2 17:37:22 ddnmail named[14094]: fnmoc.navy.mil:93: data "osc.uscg.mil"
> outside zone "fnmoc.navy.mil" (ignored)
> Mar  2 17:37:22 ddnmail named[14094]: fnmoc.navy.mil:94: data "osc.uscg.mil"
> outside zone "fnmoc.navy.mil" (ignored)
> Mar  2 17:37:22 ddnmail named[14094]: fnmoc.navy.mil:95: data "osc.uscg.mil"
> outside zone "fnmoc.navy.mil" (ignored)
> Mar  2 17:37:22 ddnmail named[14094]: fnmoc.navy.mil:97: data
> "netman.osc.uscg.mil" outside zone "fnmoc.navy.mil" (ignored)
> Mar  2 17:37:22 ddnmail named[14094]: fnmoc.navy.mil:98: data
> "sarpro1.osc.uscg.mil" outside zone "fnmoc.navy.mil" (ignored)
> Mar  2 17:37:22 ddnmail named[14094]: fnmoc.navy.mil:99: data
> "sarpro2.osc.uscg.mil" outside zone "fnmoc.navy.mil" (ignored)
>
> It is clear that these records are out of our zone
> (fnmoc.navy.mil/fnoc.navy.mil), but is there any other way that I can
> include them as entries in a zone file without major changes to my current
> zone configuration?  I think not, but I would like a confirmation.  Again,
> thank you.
>
> (Elizabeth) Annette Lee
> FNMOC, Monterey CA
> (831) 656-4426





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