AXFR transfer failes ...

[Danny Mayer]

At 07:30 AM 2/19/03, Kamran Remin wrote:
>hi ng,
>
>i just ordered two domainnames and after getting the confirmation mail from
>my provider, i started to configure my bind-server.
>
>in the /etc/bind/named.conf i added the following lines:
>
>zone "example.de" {
>     type master;
>     file "example.de";
>     notify yes;
>     allow-transfer { <ip_of_secondary-dns_i_got_from_the_provider>; };
>};

That is not what you have in named.conf and you are not the owner of
example.de.

>after reloading my dns, i got a mail from my provider telling me, that
>primary dns entry for my ordered domain was successfull, but their secondary
>couldn't make a AXFR transfer.
>all that i added to named.conf should be enough, or? i mean, the
>allow-transfer line should be ok for a AXFR transfer or did i miss anything?

Ask the provider what the exact failure message was and look in your syslog
to see if it saw the request and if the transfer request was accepted.

Danny

>regards,
>kamran remin
>