secondary dns updates

[Chandan Teckchandani chandan_teck@yahoo.com0]

chandan_teck at yahoo.com (Chandan Teckchandani  chandan_teck at yahoo.com0) wrote in message news:<bnu8b9$2b55$1 at sf1.isc.org>...
> Simon Hobson <shobson0309 at colony.com> wrote in message news:<bnquhr$1jt6$1 at sf1.isc.org>...
> > netdel wrote:
> > 
> > >Updates in the secondary DNS should happen when we update Serial no of
> > >the forward/reverse file of a particualar zone at the master or it
> > >should have
> > >after we update serial in master and restart the server at secondary ?
> > >
> > >My problem is that updates dont happen in secondary unless I restart
> > >the secondary DNS server.  Please tell is it like that or it should
> > >happen when I simply change a serial in master.
> > 
> > It depends on how your system is set up.
> > 
> > IFF your secondary is listed as an authoritative nameserver in the 
> > zone file (ie it is one of the listed NS records), OR the master has 
> > an also-notify statement that lists it, then it should update fairly 
> > quickly as the master will notify the slave when the zone changes. 
> > The slave is then responsible for requesting the update.
> > 
> > Otherwise, the slave will request the serial number periodically 
> > according to the time values set in the SOA record. So if your update 
> > period is set to several days, your updates may well take several 
> > days to propagate.
> > 
> > Simon
> > 
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> > 
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> > Simon Hobson, Technology Specialist
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> 
> Thanks a lot for your fast responses.
> 
> We do have notify clause (notify=yes;) in the master but still it is
> not happening .  Even when the refresh cycle expires (refesh=3600) we
> do not get updates. It is only updated when we retstart.
> 
> Any solutions.
> 
> Chandan
> mailme at chandan.zzn.com
> chandan_teck at yahoo.com




Here are my master named.conf:
options {
        directory "/chroot/named/var/named";   
        notify yes;
        allow-transfer { SLAVE-IP1(my ip); SLAVE-IP2(my other slave
which is updating; };
        transfer-source Master-IP;
};
 
zone "." {
        type hint;                      
        file "named.ca";
};
 

Here is my slave named.conf

options {
directory "/chroot/named/var/named";
notify yes;
allow-transfer { IPSLAVE-others; };
};
zone "." {
type hint;
file "named.ca";
};

Please help as still the zones are not getting transferred
automatically.


Chandan Teckchandani
mailme at chandan.zzn.com
chandan_teck at yahoo.com