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daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul Swart)
Fri Jul 5 04:24:58 1991
Date: Fri, 5 Jul 91 10:09:14 NED
From: swartp@prl.philips.nl (Paul Swart)
To: hesiod@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Problems with a secondary BIND/Hesiod server.
We try to start up BIND/Hesiod in a configuration with small
databases, a database corresponds with a zone, and a
primary and several secondary servers. At this moment we
have a local working 'named' server (version 4.8), but
the problem we are facing at the moment is a failing refresh
of the databases of the secondary server. The connection with
the primary is established correctly, but then the 'SOA' and
'AXFR' queries fail both, and the result is a failed zone transfer.
The databases contain a 'SOA' record like this:
@ HS SOA nvpna1 verberne (
0 ; serial - database version number
300 ; refresh - sec servers
300 ; retry - for refresh
3600 ; expire - unrefreshed data
7200 ) ; min
HS NS alpha
The 'nvpna1' is the host on which the secondary server works,
and 'alpha' is the host of the primary. The serial number of
the primary databases is 1.
The named.local file contains a 'SOA' record like this:
@ IN SOA nvpna1.prl.philips.nl. verberne.prl.philips.nl. (
0 ;serial
300
300
360000
3600 )
IN NS alpha.prl.philips.nl.
1 IN PTR localhost.
localhost.IN A 127.0.0.1
The bootfile of the secondary server is like this:
directory ../../source/examples
;
; type origin name server address source file or host
;
secondary prl.philips.nl 130.144.100.76 cluster.db
secondary prl.philips.nl 130.144.100.76 filsys.db
primary 0.0.127.prl.philips.nl named.local
130.144.100.76 is the address ofthe primary.
Further the nameservers are listed in the 'resolv.conf' file.
Does anybody ever solved the problem of the difference it
makes which server is located where in this list? We are
having a problem with locating a name server when it's on
a particular place in the list. For example on the first place
it works, but when it's located on the second place we get a timeout.
QUESTION:
Which 'SOA' records do we need in which databases to obtain a
succesfull zone transfer?
Please send an answer to swartp@prl.philips.nl
Thanks!
Paul Swart.
