Bind /named stopped working - getting SERVFAIL

Evert evert at poboxes.info
Thu Dec 6 08:09:15 UTC 2007


Maybe another newbie question, but...

Where does bind get its root zones if I have no zone "." entry in my config at all?

   Evert



Dave Sparro wrote:
> On Dec 5, 2007 7:45 AM, Evert <evert at poboxes.info> wrote:
>> Fixed it... But I am not sure what caused the problem in the first place...
>>
>> It got fixed by removing the following lines from my named.conf
>>
>> *************************
>> zone "." in
>> {
>>       type slave;
>>       file "tld-root";
>>       masters { 216.87.84.209; 90.227.129.150; 88.191.51.140;  };
>> };
>> *************************
>>
>> However, these lines have been in there since long before the server stopped working...
> 
> 
> It's likely that those three IP addresses have quit allowing you to
> transfer the root zone.
> 
> 



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