Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2006 17:00:57 -0600 From: Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> To: Brad Gilmer <bgilmer@gilmer.org>, cswiger@mac.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: DNS nslint error messages Message-ID: <F0AA88D201C3CAF48737832A@utd59514.utdallas.edu> In-Reply-To: <20060202225411.GA31059@gilmer.org> References: <20060202225411.GA31059@gilmer.org>
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--On Thursday, February 02, 2006 17:54:11 -0500 Brad Gilmer <bgilmer@gilmer.org> wrote: > > 5) One more newbie comment - be sure to check /var/log/messages for > errors. nslint does not catch everything. If you are pounding away > making numerous changes, you can quickly check for log error messages by > entering... > ># rndc reload > > This will cause BIND to re-read the zone files. > You can also add this to /etc/rc.conf: named_flags=" -d 4" (or pick a number you like) which will start bind with the debug switch on and generate a great deal of traffic to your logs. Or you can do this: named_flags=" -d 4 -g", and rather than logging the traffic, bind will print it to stderr (your screen), and you can watch it as it runs. Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) Adjunct Information Security Officer University of Texas at Dallas AVIEN Founding Member http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/
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