DNS Lookup Failed

[Allie Syadiqin]

I do have that line in named.conf :-

zone "." IN {
        type hint;
        file "named.ca";
};

Anything else that might have caused this?


----- Original Message -----
From: Pete Ehlke <pde at ehlke.net>
Date: Friday, January 11, 2002 3:27 am
Subject: Re: DNS Lookup Failed

> 
> * Allie Syadiqin <allie at time.net.my> said, on [020110 11:20]:
> > FYI, I am running 2 nameservers on a single machine. I know that 
> its 
> > not wise, but its only on a temporary basis until I can get 
> another 
> > machine up. Anyway, here's the info on the nameservers :-
> > 
> > ns1.vserver.com.my : 202.56.152.174
> > ns2.vserver.com.my : 202.56.152.175
> > 
> tigger[~]$ dig @ns1.vserver.com.my . ns
> 
> ; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> @ns1.vserver.com.my . ns
> ; (1 server found)
> ;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
> ;; got answer:
> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: SERVFAIL, id: 6
> ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0
> ;; QUERY SECTION:
> ;;      ., type = NS, class = IN
> 
> ;; Total query time: 333 msec
> ;; FROM: tigger.rfc822.net to SERVER: ns1.vserver.com.my 
> 202.56.152.174;; WHEN: Thu Jan 10 11:23:45 2002
> ;; MSG SIZE  sent: 17  rcvd: 17
>   
> tigger[~]$
> 
> You have not told your server about the root servers. You should 
> have a
> statement that looks something like this in your named.conf:
> 
> zone "." {
>        type hint;
>        file "root.cache";
> };
> 
> with the appropriate records in root.cache, which you can get with 
> thiscommand:
> 
> $ dig @198.41.0.4
> 
> Without the addresses of the root servers, your server does not know
> where to go to resolve other domains.
> 
> -Pete
> 
>