Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 00:38:51 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jamil J. Weatherbee" <jamil@counterintelligence.ml.org> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NAMESERVER Setup Problems Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970917002923.354A-100000@counterintelligence.ml.org> In-Reply-To: <19970917120642.56857@lemis.com>
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Cool, I think I read that somewhere about not wanting to point certain things to CNAMES (like MX records). Anyway that fixed the problem with the secondary server not being able to load the zone files from the primary, as for the reverses not coming up --- the stuff is there and seems to work. but ls acroal.com still doesn't return, oh well at least the secondary works. On Wed, 17 Sep 1997, Greg Lehey wrote: > On Tue, Sep 16, 1997 at 07:27:39PM -0700, Jamil J. Weatherbee wrote: > > > > I am setting up a secondary nameserver for my domain (acroal.com) the > > secondary name server is on a sco machine, but that is immaterial. > > The problem is that under freebsd (which runs the primary nameserver for > > my domain i get a "Query refused message when attempting to list the whole > > domain (get the zone file)" > > > > example: > > > >> nslookup - 209.76.130.130 > > Default Server: shellx.acroal.com > > Address: 209.76.130.130 > > > >> ls acroal.com > > [shellx.acroal.com] > > *** Can't list domain acroal.com: Query refused > > Aha. That makes more sense. > > > that is the problem -- how do I allow a query at least for the secondary > > servers > > Well, I can't be sure, but while prodding around, I saw at least two > configuration errors, one of which might be causing your problem. > > 1. Your name server RR points to a CNAME. This is a no-no (though > don't ask me why), and it causes requests to be refused. Give it > an IP address instead. > > > 209.76.130.130 > Server: shellx.acroal.com > Address: 209.76.130.130 > > 2. You don't have any reverse mapping installed: > > > 209.76.130.130 > Server: shellx.acroal.com > Address: 209.76.130.130 > > *** shellx.acroal.com can't find 209.76.130.130: Non-existent host/domain > > Fix those first, and see if that fixes your problem. Please let me > know either way. > > Greg >
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