Error when I use type forward with forward first...

[Kevin Darcy]

Cihan Subasi wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I am having following error in the logs when I configure my server as "forward first"...My configuration is also parsed below...
> I am running 8.2.5 on W2000 sp2....The problems goes away if I change it to "forward only"...Thanks
>
> zone "." IN {
>             type forward;
>             forward only;
>             forwarders { 194.29.209.201;};
> //      forwarders { 192.168.51.202;};
> // type hint;   // used to be specified w/ "cache"
> // file "c:\winnt\system32\dns\etc\named.cache";
> };
>
> 30-Jan-2003 14:09:51.000 default: info: listening on [127.0.0.1].53 (Loopback Interface (interface 1))
> 30-Jan-2003 14:09:51.000 default: info: listening on [10.129.3.88].53 (TCP/IP Interface 2)
> 30-Jan-2003 14:09:51.000 default: info: Forwarding source address is [0.0..0.0].2982
> 30-Jan-2003 14:09:51.000 default: notice: Ready to answer queries.
> 30-Jan-2003 14:09:51.000 default: info: sysquery: nlookup error on ?
> 30-Jan-2003 14:09:51.000 default: info: No root nameservers for class IN
> 30-Jan-2003 14:09:51.000 default: info: sysquery: nlookup error on ?
> 30-Jan-2003 14:09:51.000 default: info: sysquery: nlookup error on ?
> 30-Jan-2003 14:09:51.000 default: info: sysquery: nlookup error on ?
> 30-Jan-2003 14:09:51.000 default: info: sysquery: nlookup error on ?
> 30-Jan-2003 14:09:51.000 default: info: sysquery: nlookup error on ?

Does the nameserver have direct, i.e. not through a forwarder, access to Internet nameservers? If it has no direct access, then you
shouldn't be configuring it as "forward first", which expects to be able to query the Internet directly if the forwarded query
times out.


- Kevin