Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 16:16:32 -0500 (EST) From: Marty Poulin <mpoulin@honk.org> To: Stephen Hoover <shooverfbn@442spot.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: caching nameserver not working? Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.96.1020305161235.28510B-100000@honk.org> In-Reply-To: <MOEJLOFPGBFEEOIFFMLKCEOPCBAA.shooverfbn@442spot.com>
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Thanks for the suggestion, but I tried that and it still doesn't work.
- M -
On Tue, 5 Mar 2002, Stephen Hoover wrote:
> In your options section, you need to list the DNS servers to forward
> requests to for caching.
>
> Here is from my named.conf
>
> options {
> directory "/var/named";
> forwarders { 216.140.16.254; 216.140.17.254; };
> };
>
>
> Hope this helps.
> Stephen Hoover
> Dallas, Texas
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Marty Poulin
> Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 2:16 PM
> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> Subject: caching nameserver not working?
>
>
>
> 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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