hint zone conflicts with allow-query statement !

[Mark Andrews]

> Hi, I'm in trouble with a bind9.2.4 server running on Debian Sarge server 
> :
> 
> 
> acl "acl_cache_clients" { 127.0.0.0/8; localnet; };
> 
> zone "." {
>         type hint;
>         file "/etc/bind/db.root";
>         allow-query { "acl_cache_clients"; };
> };
> 
> and there is my logs :
> Jan 26 10:28:06 titou named[12721]: starting BIND 9.2.4 -u bind
> Jan 26 10:28:06 titou named[12721]: using 2 CPUs
> Jan 26 10:28:06 titou named[12721]: loading configuration from 
> '/etc/bind/named.conf'
> Jan 26 10:28:06 titou named[12721]: /etc/bind/named.conf:19: option 
> 'allow-query' is not allowed in 'hint' zone '.'
> Jan 26 10:28:06 titou named[12721]: loading configuration: failure
> Jan 26 10:28:06 titou named[12721]: exiting (due to fatal error)
> 
> 
> I have another bind9 running on another Debian Sarge server, and it works 
> well with same config for the hint zone !!!
> So what could go wrong with my config ???

	Exactly what named said was wrong.  Hint "zones" don't accept
	allow-query.  Allow-query doesn't make logical sense for a
	hint zone.
 
> Regards,
> 
> -- 
> Eric Belhomme

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