not reading new entries on bind 8.2.3

[Barry Finkel]

Sherona Hoosen" <sherona at cns.wits.ac.za> wrote:

>Hi
>I am running bind8.2.3 on solaris 8.
>
>ITs always been working fine, but recently no new entries are being read.
>Its as if the entries haven't been put in.
>ie I created the following entry
>www.hrresearch  IN      CNAME   hermes.wits.ac.za.
>
>Alookup for the entry after the server has been reloaded gives the following response
># nslookup
>Default Server:  mail1.wits.ac.za
>Address:  146.141.15.210
>
>> www.hrresearch.wits.ac.za
>Server:  mail1.wits.ac.za
>Address:  146.141.15.210
>
>*** mail1.wits.ac.za can't find www.hrresearch.wits.ac.za: Non-existent host/domain
>
>Or using dig
>; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> www.hrresearch.wits.ac.za 
>;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
>;; got answer:
>;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 4
>;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0
>;; QUERY SECTION:
>;;      www.hrresearch.wits.ac.za, type = A, class = IN
>
>;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
>wits.ac.za.             2h59m30s IN SOA  mail1.wits.ac.za. admin.wits.ac.za. (
>                                        2003101403      ; serial
>                                        3H              ; refresh
>                                        1H              ; retry
>                                        2w6d            ; expiry
>                                        3H )            ; minimum
>
>
>;; Total query time: 27 msec
>;; FROM: caesar to SERVER: default -- 146.141.15.210
>;; WHEN: Tue Oct 28 10:05:44 2003
>;; MSG SIZE  sent: 43  rcvd: 91Oct 28 10:11:13 caesar named[77]: [ID 295310 daemon.notice] reloading nameserver
>Oct 28 10:11:13 caesar named[77]: [ID 295310 daemon.notice] reloading nameserver
>Oct 28 10:11:16 caesar named[77]: [ID 295310 daemon.info] witsstudent.wits.ac.za has CNAME and other data (invalid)
>Oct 28 10:11:16 caesar named[77]: [ID 295310 daemon.warning] wits/wits.ac.za:832:witsstudent.wits.ac.za: CNAME and OTHER data error
>Oct 28 10:11:16 caesar named[77]: [ID 295310 daemon.warning] wits/wits.ac.za:832:witsstudent.wits.ac.za: CNAME and OTHER data error
>Oct 28 10:11:16 caesar named[77]: [ID 295310 daemon.warning] master zone "wits.ac.za" (IN) rejected due to errors (serial 2003102706)
>Oct 28 10:11:16 caesar named[77]: [ID 295310 daemon.warning] master zone "wits.ac.za" (IN) rejected due to errors (serial 2003102706)
>Oct 28 10:11:18 caesar named[77]: [ID 295310 daemon.info] Forwarding source address is [0.0.0.0].36984
>Oct 28 10:11:18 caesar named[77]: [ID 295310 daemon.notice] Ready to answer queries.
>Oct 28 10:11:18 caesar named[77]: [ID 295310 daemon.notice] Ready to answer queries.
>Oct 28 10:11:18 caesar named[77]: [ID 295310 daemon.notice] drained 167 queries (delay 5 sec)
>Oct 28 10:11:18 caesar named[77]: [ID 295310 daemon.notice] drained 167 queries (delay 5 sec)
>Oct 28 10:11:18 caesar named[77]: [ID 295310 daemon.info] ns_resp: query(trend.med4.wits.ac.za) contains our address (mail1.wits.ac.za:146.141.15.210) learnt (A=196.4.160.17:NS=196.4.160.17)
>Oct 28 10:11:18 caesar named[77]: [ID 295310 daemon.notice] secondary zone "ee.wits.ac.za" expired
>Oct 28 10:11:18 caesar named[77]: [ID 295310 daemon.notice] secondary zone "ee.wits.ac.za" expired
>Oct 28 10:11:20 caesar named[77]: [ID 295310 daemon.info] witsstudent.wits.ac.za has CNAME and other data (invalid)
>Oct 28 10:11:20 caesar named[77]: [ID 295310 daemon.warning] wits/wits.ac.za:832:witsstudent.wits.ac.za: CNAME and OTHER data error
>Oct 28 10:11:20 caesar named[77]: [ID 295310 daemon.warning] wits/wits.ac.za:832:witsstudent.wits.ac.za: CNAME and OTHER data error
>Oct 28 10:11:20 caesar named[77]: [ID 295310 daemon.warning] master zone "wits.ac.za" (IN) rejected due to errors (serial 2003102706)
>Oct 28 10:11:20 caesar named[77]: [ID 295310 daemon.warning] master zone "wits.ac.za" (IN) rejected due to errors (serial 2003102706)
>Oct 28 10:11:20 caesar named-xfer[8899]: [ID 140103 daemon.info] send AXFR query 0 to 146.141.16.134
>
>According to log the serial number has error, but that is the format we have always been using with no problems.
>Also we have a similar server (backup) using the same serial number with no problems.
>
>
>Any help would be greatly appreciated

Did you look at the messages that BIND wrote to the syslog?  You did
copy the relevant messages above -- in particular these ones:

>Oct 28 10:11:16 caesar named[77]: [ID 295310 daemon.info] witsstudent.wits.ac.za has CNAME and other data (invalid)
>Oct 28 10:11:16 caesar named[77]: [ID 295310 daemon.warning] wits/wits.ac.za:832:witsstudent.wits.ac.za: CNAME and OTHER data error
>Oct 28 10:11:16 caesar named[77]: [ID 295310 daemon.warning] master zone "wits.ac.za" (IN) rejected due to errors (serial 2003102706)

The first two state that you have a "CNAME and other data" error.  See

     http://www.menandmice.com/docs/named_messages.htm#idx_c

for a description.  The third message states that the zone is rejected
(i.e., NOT loaded) due to [the above] errors.  Fix the CNAME error,
and the zone should load.
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