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<p class="MsoNormal">I’m testing the authoritative server functionality of bind10-devel-20111128. My test zone file jaspain.net.db, as written by bind9, has the following contents:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">$TTL 3600 ; 1 hour<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">jaspain.net IN SOA nstest.jaspain.net. hostmaster.countryday.net. (<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> 2011111503 ; serial<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> 86400 ; refresh (1 day)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> 3600 ; retry (1 hour)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> 1209600 ; expire (2 weeks)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> 3600 ; minimum (1 hour)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> )<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> NS nstest.jaspain.net.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> NS nstest2.jaspain.net.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> A 74.203.156.160<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> TXT "v=spf1 -all"<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> AAAA 2001:4870:20ca:9:e0c8:a386:13bf:948e<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">$ORIGIN jaspain.net.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">nstest A 74.203.156.157<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> AAAA 2001:4870:20ca:158:4423:f19d:4ead:5c20<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">nstest2 A 74.203.156.159<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> AAAA 2001:4870:20ca:9:1890:f431:72c9:caaf<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The command “b10-loadzone jaspain.net.db” produces the following error message: Error reading zone file: Cannot parse RR, No $ORIGIN: jaspain.net IN SOA nstest.jaspain.net. hostmaster.countryday.net. 2011111503 86400 3600 1209600 3600.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I found that adding the line “$ORIGIN .” at the beginning of the zone file fixes this. Does it makes sense to have that be an implicit default for b10-loadzone so that bind9 zone files can be imported intact?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Also with regard to the following output of b10-loadzone:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">root@bind10:~# b10-loadzone jaspain.net.db <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Using SQLite3 database file /var/bind10-devel/zone.sqlite3<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Zone name is jaspain.net.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Loading file "jaspain.net.db"<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">11 RR(s) loaded in 0.05 second(s) (99.90% of jaspain.net.db)
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<p class="MsoNormal">Done.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">What does it mean that it loaded 99.90% of the zone file? What about the remaining 0.10%?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks. Jeff.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Jeffry A. Spain<br>
Network Administrator<br>
</span><span style="color:blue">Cincinnati Country Day School</span><span style="color:#1F497D"><br>
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