Error - BIND 8.2.3 - no addrs found for root NS

[Shon Stephens]

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Also make sure you set:

additional-from-cache yes;

Shon Stephens
sstephens at corp.goamerica.net

- ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Reid" <jim at rfc1035.com>
To: <d.abbott at dcs.shef.ac.uk>
Cc: <comp-protocols-dns-bind at moderators.isc.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2001 12:34 PM
Subject: Re: Error - BIND 8.2.3 - no addrs found for root NS 


> >>>>> "Dave" == Dave Abbott <davea at dcs.shef.ac.uk> writes:
> 
>     Dave> We are running BIND 8.2.3 and are seeing fairly regular
> log 
>     Dave> messages as follows:
> 
>     Dave> May 15 10:12:48 cedar named[14317]: [ID 295310
> daemon.warning] sysquery: no addrs found for root NS 
>     Dave> named does not report any errors or other problems at
>     Dave> startup.
> 
>     Dave> Can anyone enlighten me as to what causes these error
>     Dave> messages?
> 
> It looks like you name servers don't know about the root zone and
> can't find the root servers. Have you got a hints zone{} statement
> for the root zone? If so, what's in it? If this is OK, maybe you
> have a firewall or router that's blocking queries or answers
> to/from your server. Post the named.conf file and name server's log
> messages at start-up if you need more help.
> 
> And PLEASE DON'T put NOSPAM crap in your email address. It doesn't
> prevent or reduce spam. I beleive most of the address harvesters
> spammers use know how to filter out NOSPAM parts of the address.
> The comp.protocols.dns.bind newsgroup is gatewayed into a mailing
> list (bind-users at isc.org). So providing an unreplyable email
> addresses is very anti-social. All you do is annoy anyone that
> takes the time to answer your posting and reply to you.

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