Logging SERVFAIL Errors

Barry Finkel b19141 at anl.gov
Fri Oct 8 14:09:16 UTC 2010


On BIND 9.7.1-P2 I have in named.conf:

     channel query-errors-log {
             file "/var/log/named.query-errors.log" versions 3 size 200k;
             print-category yes;
             print-severity yes;
             print-time yes;
             severity info;
     };

     category query-errors { query-errors-log; };  // no default_syslog

Is this correct for logging queries that produce SERVFAIL?

I ran this query on the DNS server:

dns# dig klyuniv.ernet.in @t1dns2.anl.gov

; <<>> DiG 9.7.1-P2 <<>> klyuniv.ernet.in @t1dns2.anl.gov
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: SERVFAIL, id: 7278
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;klyuniv.ernet.in.              IN      A

;; Query time: 1860 msec
;; SERVER: 130.202.101.37#53(130.202.101.37)
;; WHEN: Fri Oct  8 09:06:04 2010
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 34

dns# 

and there is nothing logged in

     /var/log/named.query-errors.log

Am I doing something wrong?  Thanks.
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Barry S. Finkel
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