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From: Marty Poulin <mpoulin@honk.org>
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Subject: caching nameserver not working?
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I'm completely stumped by this one.

I have a FreeBSD server (4.4-STABLE) running Bind 8.2.4.
It is configured as a master server for my domain, and also configured as
a caching nameserver.

For some reason, nslookups and dig queries work for my domain, but they
time out when querying any other domain.

Examples:

==============================================================

# nslookup mydomain.com 127.0.0.1
Server:  localhost
Address:  127.0.0.1

Name:    mydomain.com
Address:  123.123.123.123

==============================================================

# dig @localhost mydomain.com

; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> @localhost mydomain.com 
; (1 server found)
;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
;; got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 6
;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 3, ADDITIONAL: 2
;; QUERY SECTION:
;;      mydomain.com, type = A, class = IN

;; ANSWER SECTION:
mydomain.com.           1H IN A         123.123.123.123

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
mydomain.com.           1H IN NS        dns.mydomain.com.
mydomain.com.           1H IN NS        dns2.mydomain.com.
mydomain.com.           1H IN NS        sec1.dns.PSI.CA.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
dns.mydomain.com.       1H IN A         123.123.123.124
dns2.mydomain.com.      1H IN A         123.123.123.125

;; Total query time: 1 msec
;; FROM: dns.mydomain.com to SERVER: localhost  127.0.0.1
;; WHEN: Tue Mar  5 14:56:08 2002
;; MSG SIZE  sent: 30  rcvd: 144

==============================================================

# nslookup freebsd.org 127.0.0.1
Server:  localhost
Address:  127.0.0.1

*** localhost can't find freebsd.org: Non-existent host/domain


==============================================================

# dig @localhost freebsd.org

; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> @localhost freebsd.org 
; (1 server found)
;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
;; res_nsend to server localhost  127.0.0.1: Operation timed out

==============================================================

Here's a copy of my named.conf file:

acl slaves {
        123.123.123.124;
        };
options {
        directory "/etc/namedb";
        pid-file "/var/named/named.pid";
        allow-transfer { slaves; };
};

# type domain source host/file backup file

zone "." {
        type hint;
        file "/etc/namedb/named.cache";
};

zone "mydomain.com" {
        type master;
        file "db.mydomain.com";
        notify yes;
        also-notify { 123.123.123.124; };
};


The named.root file is the one included with FreeBSD; I have tried
downloading a new copy with "dig @a.root-servers.net . ns > named.root"
with no luck.

I must be missing something - can anyone give me a hand?

(please copy me by email - I'm not subscribed to the list)

Thanks,

M.


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