From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Apr 1 21:51:14 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id VAA07971 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 1 Apr 1997 21:51:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from obie.softweyr.ml.org ([199.104.124.49]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id VAA07966 for ; Tue, 1 Apr 1997 21:51:10 -0800 (PST) Received: (from wes@localhost) by obie.softweyr.ml.org (8.7.5/8.6.12) id WAA00278; Tue, 1 Apr 1997 22:52:09 -0700 (MST) Date: Tue, 1 Apr 1997 22:52:09 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <199704020552.WAA00278@obie.softweyr.ml.org> From: Wes Peters To: Snob Art Genre CC: questions@freebsd.org Subject: ns_req error from named In-Reply-To: References: Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Snob Art Genre writes: > Lately my named has been emitting these: > > Apr 1 15:22:19 narcissus named[72]: ns_req: no address for root server > > Does anyone know what they are, how to stop them, and whether I should be > worried about them? I am running FreeBSD 2.1.7. I can provide more > detail on my named setup or whatever once you tell me what's relevant > information. Sounds like you don't have the cache of root servers properly configured. It comes from the file ns_req.c; the comment immediately before the message is: /* ** Don't go into an infinite loop if ** the admin gave root NS records in the cache ** file without giving address records ** for the root servers. */ -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC http://www.xmission.com/~softweyr softweyr@xmission.com