[372] in Hesiod
Re: HESIOD type=maildrop class=IN, Sendmail
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mike Fisk)
Fri Jan 23 14:07:09 1998
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 1998 12:05:03 -0700
From: Mike Fisk <mfisk@lanl.gov>
To: Russell McOrmond <russell@flora.ottawa.on.ca>
Cc: hesiod@MIT.EDU, maildomain@flora.org
Russell McOrmond wrote:
> >From nslookup:
>
> ---cut---
> > foo.aracnet.net.
> Server: dns1.aracnet.net
> Address: 206.222.74.1
>
> *** dns1.aracnet.net can't find foo.aracnet.net.: Server failed
> > www.aracnet.net.
> Server: dns1.aracnet.net
> Address: 206.222.74.1
>
> Non-authoritative answer:
> www.aracnet.net canonical name = widow.aracnet.net
>
> Server: dns1.aracnet.net
> Address: 206.222.74.1
>
> www.flora.org internet address = 206.248.33.33
> flora.org nameserver = nic.flora.ottawa.on.ca
> flora.org nameserver = bud.sandelman.ottawa.on.ca
> flora.org nameserver = nic2.flora.ottawa.on.ca
> nic.flora.ottawa.on.ca internet address = 206.248.33.2
> bud.sandelman.ottawa.on.ca internet address = 209.151.24.17
> bud.sandelman.ottawa.on.ca internet address = 205.233.54.161
> nic2.flora.ottawa.on.ca internet address = 206.248.33.97
> > foo.flora.org.
> Server: dns1.aracnet.net
> Address: 206.222.74.1
>
> *** dns1.aracnet.net can't find foo.flora.org.: Non-existent host/domain
> >
> ---cut---
>
> For some reason, unknown to me at this point, when one looks up an
> unknown domain within aracnet.net, a 'server failed' message is
> returned. When you ask the same server for an unknown domain within
> flora.org, it returns a 'non-existant host/domain' message. There is
> something speci al in the way aracnet.net has their DNS configured.
Generally the SERVFAIL error is because the server you queried (or was
recursively queried for you) is not authoritative for that domain. BIND
tends to return SERVFAILs even on zones for which it is authoritative,
if the zone file contains errors. I experienced this with a hesiod zone
file that I build automatically from another data source. It turned out
that some of the names were not legal for DNS (one began with a '.',
others contained accidental control characters). Check the primary DNS
server's log files. It should complain when it loads the zone if this
is the case.
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