BIND on win2k and logging

phn at icke-reklam.ipsec.nu phn at icke-reklam.ipsec.nu
Wed Feb 5 06:50:30 UTC 2003


N. Rundle <lildevilkid.no.spam at no.spam.yahoo.com> wrote:
> This will go a lot faster if someone can tell me how to debug issues with
> BIND.  I happen to be running this on a Win2k machine and I need to know of
> any logs that are generated or how to generate some.

> Specifically, I set up my zone and I can do a dig on my domain and it
> returns the correct information.  However, all digs on other domains return
> just the root servers in the authority section and no specific results.

> Also, I have tried to set my own machine to use this dns server and I can't
> resolve any domains, including the one I set up.  How can I tell if the
> requests are even making it to the dns server?  What can I do to debug this
> problem?

You could use a "link-layer" sniffer s.a. ethereal to examine both queries
and answers.



> -Nick




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