; Transfer failed. on dig axfr with bind9

[phn at icke-reklam.ipsec.nu]

Clemens Bergmann <cbergmann at schuhklassert.de> wrote:
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>> > I need AXFR but when I do a `dig home.loc AXFR` i get:
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>> It is a good idea to always execute an axfr with dig as follows:
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>> dig foo.com axfr @<ip of ns>
>>=20
>>=20
>> One reason the transfer would fail is if the name server has not loaded=20
>> the zone.  What do the logs say when you reload your name server?  Are=20
>> there any erros regarding this zone?
> I saw nothing
> here is the full log from server restart:

> Oct 18 22:49:57 zion named[25481]: starting BIND 9.2.4rc5 -u bind
> Oct 18 22:49:57 zion named[25481]: using 1 CPU
> Oct 18 22:49:57 zion named[25481]: loading configuration from '/etc/bind/na=
> med.conf'
> Oct 18 22:49:57 zion named[25481]: listening on IPv6 interfaces, port 53
> Oct 18 22:49:57 zion named[25481]: binding TCP socket: address in use
> Oct 18 22:49:57 zion named[25481]: listening on IPv4 interface lo, 127.0.0.=
> 1#53
> Oct 18 22:49:57 zion named[25481]: binding TCP socket: address in use
> Oct 18 22:49:57 zion named[25481]: listening on IPv4 interface eth0, 192.16=
> 8.0.254#53
> Oct 18 22:49:57 zion named[25481]: binding TCP socket: address in use
> Oct 18 22:49:57 zion named[25481]: listening on IPv4 interface ath0, 192.16=
> 8.1.254#53
> Oct 18 22:49:57 zion named[25481]: binding TCP socket: address in use
> Oct 18 22:49:57 zion named[25481]: listening on IPv4 interface ppp0, 84.129=
> =2E79.148#53
> Oct 18 22:49:57 zion named[25481]: binding TCP socket: address in use

> I dont unterstand that because there is no other named running on that poin=
> t in time.

The *IS* another nameserver running. Trust me :-) 

Identify it, kill it, edit the startupscripts to start the 
correct nameserver. The repeat the above tests.

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