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<DIV>Thanks for the reply Carsten. This didn't make a difference but potentially I'm using the parameter incorrectly (no errors though).</DIV>
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<DIV>/etc/rc.d/init.d/named start -4</DIV>
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<DIV>tailing logs during service start:</DIV>
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<DIV>Sep 19 15:22:13 PROD55-DNS2 named[3676]: using default UDP/IPv4 port range: [1024, 65535]<BR>Sep 19 15:22:13 PROD55-DNS2 named[3676]: using default UDP/IPv6 port range: [1024, 65535]<BR>Sep 19 15:22:13 PROD55-DNS2 named[3676]: listening on IPv4 interface lo, 127.0.0.1#53<BR>Sep 19 15:22:13 PROD55-DNS2 named[3676]: listening on IPv4 interface eth0, 10.52.10.127#53<BR>Sep 19 15:22:13 PROD55-DNS2 named[3676]: generating session key for dynamic DNS<BR>Sep 19 15:22:13 PROD55-DNS2 named[3676]: automatic empty zone: 0.IN-ADDR.ARPA<BR>Sep 19 15:22:13 PROD55-DNS2 named[3676]: automatic empty zone: 127.IN-ADDR.ARPA<BR>Sep 19 15:22:13 PROD55-DNS2 named[3676]: automatic empty zone: 254.169.IN-ADDR.ARPA<BR>Sep 19 15:22:13 PROD55-DNS2 named[3676]: automatic empty zone: 2.0.192.IN-ADDR.ARPA<BR>Sep 19 15:22:13 PROD55-DNS2 named[3676]: automatic empty zone: 255.255.255.255.IN-ADDR.ARPA<BR>Sep 19 15:22:13 PROD55-DNS2 named[3676]: automatic empty zone: 0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.IP6.ARPA<BR>Sep 19 15:22:13 PROD55-DNS2 named[3676]: automatic empty zone: 1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.IP6.ARPA<BR>Sep 19 15:22:13 PROD55-DNS2 named[3676]: automatic empty zone: D.F.IP6.ARPA<BR>Sep 19 15:22:13 PROD55-DNS2 named[3676]: automatic empty zone: 8.E.F.IP6.ARPA<BR>Sep 19 15:22:13 PROD55-DNS2 named[3676]: automatic empty zone: 9.E.F.IP6.ARPA<BR>Sep 19 15:22:13 PROD55-DNS2 named[3676]: automatic empty zone: A.E.F.IP6.ARPA<BR>Sep 19 15:22:13 PROD55-DNS2 named[3676]: automatic empty zone: B.E.F.IP6.ARPA<BR>Sep 19 15:22:13 PROD55-DNS2 named[3676]: command channel listening on 127.0.0.1#953<BR>Sep 19 15:22:13 PROD55-DNS2 named[3676]: command channel listening on ::1#953<BR>Sep 19 15:22:13 PROD55-DNS2 named[3676]: the working directory is not writable</DIV>
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<DIV>same problems..</DIV>
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<DIV><BR>Sep 19 15:25:22 PROD55-DNS2 named[3676]: success resolving 'cnn.com/A' (in 'cnn.com'?) after disabling EDNS<BR>Sep 19 15:25:24 PROD55-DNS2 named[3676]: success resolving 'ns3.timewarner.net/AAAA' (in 'timewarner.net'?) after disabling EDNS<BR>Sep 19 15:25:24 PROD55-DNS2 named[3676]: success resolving 'ns5.timewarner.net/A' (in 'timewarner.net'?) after disabling EDNS<BR>Sep 19 15:25:24 PROD55-DNS2 named[3676]: success resolving 'ns3.timewarner.net/A' (in 'timewarner.net'?) after disabling EDNS<BR>Sep 19 15:25:24 PROD55-DNS2 named[3676]: success resolving 'ns1.timewarner.net/AAAA' (in 'timewarner.net'?) after disabling EDNS<BR>Sep 19 15:25:24 PROD55-DNS2 named[3676]: success resolving 'ns1.timewarner.net/A' (in 'timewarner.net'?) after disabling EDNS<BR>Sep 19 15:25:24 PROD55-DNS2 named[3676]: success resolving 'ns5.timewarner.net/AAAA' (in 'timewarner.net'?) after disabling EDNS<BR>Sep 19 15:25:26 PROD55-DNS2 named[3676]: success resolving 'ns1.timewarner.net/AAAA' (in 'timewarner.net'?) after disabling EDNS<BR>Sep 19 15:25:27 PROD55-DNS2 named[3676]: success resolving 'ns5.timewarner.net/AAAA' (in 'timewarner.net'?) after disabling EDNS<BR>Sep 19 15:25:27 PROD55-DNS2 named[3676]: success resolving 'ns3.timewarner.net/AAAA' (in 'timewarner.net'?) after disabling EDNS<BR><BR></DIV>
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<DIV>>>> "Carsten Strotmann" <cas@strotmann.de> 9/19/2012 10:45 AM >>><BR><BR>Hello James,<BR><BR>"James Tingler" <James.Tingler@CONTR.NETL.DOE.GOV> writes:<BR><BR>> <BR>> E.g. <BR>> <BR>> Sep 17 15:32:01 PROD55-DNS2 named[27503]: error (network unreachable)<BR>> resolving 'www.amazon.com/A/IN': 2610:a1:1017::1#53<BR>> Sep 17 15:32:08 PROD55-DNS2 named[27503]: error (network unreachable)<BR>> resolving 'www.amazon.com/A/IN': 2001:502:f3ff::1#53<BR>> Sep 17 15:32:08 PROD55-DNS2 named[27503]: error (network unreachable)<BR>> resolving 'www.amazon.com/A/IN': 2610:a1:1016::1#53<BR>> Sep 17 15:32:11 PROD55-DNS2 named[27503]: error (network unreachable)<BR>> resolving 'www.amazon.com/A/IN': 2610:a1:1015::1#53<BR>> Sep 17 15:32:11 PROD55-DNS2 named[27503]: error (network unreachable)<BR>> resolving 'www.amazon.com/A/IN': 2001:502:4612::1#53<BR>> Sep 17 15:32:11 PROD55-DNS2 named[27503]: error (network unreachable)<BR>> resolving 'www.amazon.com/A/IN': 2610:a1:1014::1#53<BR>> Sep 17 15:32:14 PROD55-DNS2 named[27503]: success resolving<BR>> 'www.amazon.com/A' (in 'www.amazon.com'?) after disabling EDNS<BR>> <BR><BR>The issue might be that BIND is trying to use IPv6, but you do not have<BR>IPv6 connectivity. Try start "named" with the "-4" parameter to disable<BR>IPv6, and see if the problem is solved.<BR><BR>-- Carsten<BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Please visit <A href="https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users">https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users</A> to unsubscribe from this list<BR><BR>bind-users mailing list<BR>bind-users@lists.isc.org<BR><A href="https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users">https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users</A></DIV></BODY></HTML>