upgrading BIND 921 to 932

[simon church]

thank you. Regarding option B, if I also have a slave, do I just add "check-names slave ignore;" on the slave box, in similar fashion to what you recommended for the master or is something else required?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: jeff.reasoner at mail.hccanet.org
> Sent: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 13:17:46 -0500
> To: bind-users at isc.org
> Subject: Re: upgrading BIND 921 to 932
> 
> Strict name checking has been enabled by default in Bind code for a
> while (at least 9.3.1). Probably (especially since this is Windows), one
> or more of the records in the problem zonefile has an "_". Assuming
> you're realing with the master nameserver, your options are:
> 
> A. change the offending name(s).
> B. disable globally in named.conf with:
> 
> options
> {
> check-names master ignore;
> }
> 
> C. disable name checking in that zone with:
> 
> zone "foo.com" in {
> 	type master;
> 	file "db.foo.com";
> 	check-names ignore;
> 	};
> 
> On Mon, 2006-03-20 at 12:13, simon church wrote:
>> there were no errors in the event log, when running nslookup. however I
>> did notice an application error relating to the specific zone "Bad owner
>> name (check-names)". Any idea why that should come up? I tried other
>> test zones and they are working fine. For some reason the upgrade does
>> not like this particular zone file? I did recreate the file but it did
>> not make any difference.
>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: mayer at gis.net
>>> Sent: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 21:20:53 -0500
>>> To: schurchy at inbox.com
>>> Subject: Re: upgrading BIND 921 to 932
>>> 
>>> simon church wrote:
>>>> Hello,
>>>> 
>>>> we are upgrading our old installation of BIND 921 (windows 2000) to
>>>> 932 (windows 2003). We have a primary server and a secondary server.
>>>> I set up a test environment with 921 and some test zones and was able
>>>> to run nslookups etc to prove that it was working. I ran the install
>>>> for 932, setting up the local account, changing some file/folder
>>>> permissions as required. However, I am not able to run any nslookups
>>>> now.
>>>> 
>>>> Are there some other steps I need to take in doing this upgrade that
>>>> I might be missing? Also, when it comes to production, does it matter
>>>> whcih order I upgrade the primary versus secondary BIND servers?
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> Don't use BIND 9.2.1 on Windows. It has plenty of bugs as well as some
>>> architectural issues. Use 9.3.2 and 9.3.3 as soon as it's available.
>>> 
>>> What are the nslookup errors? Please use dig instead, it comes with the
>>> install. Are there errors in the application event log and if so what
>>> are they?
>>> 
>>> Danny
>> 
>>