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From: "Lenzi, Sergio" <lenzi@bsi.com.br>
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To: Robert Eckardt <roberte@mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de>
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Subject: Re: Why "ns_req: no root server " ?
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Hello all,

This happens because the named cannot find a "root name server"
that is a name server for the domain '.'.
because the root name server has no root to it or is unavailable.

Solution:

in the cache file, put a line that points to a near name server
that is sure working, so your name server will use it as a root one.

that is:

.		IN	NS	rootns.
rootns.		IN	A	a.b.c.d

some I use in my area (Brazil, south):
200.250.250.14
150.162.1.3
200.247.7.3
200.247.32.97


Hope this will help,

Sergio Lenzi.

Unix consult.