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Date:      Thu, 23 Jan 1997 20:02:23 +0000 ()
From:      "Lenzi, Sergio" <lenzi@bsi.com.br>
To:        Robert Eckardt <roberte@mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de>
Cc:        "Daniel O'Callaghan" <danny@panda.hilink.com.au>, ywliu@phi.Sinica.EDU.tw, questions@freebsd.org, isp@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Why "ns_req: no root server " ?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.970123195725.1242A-100000@sergio>
In-Reply-To: <199701232037.VAA01431@ghost.mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de>

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Hello all,

This happens because the named cannot find a "root name server"
that is a name server for the domain '.'.
because the root name server has no root to it or is unavailable.

Solution:

in the cache file, put a line that points to a near name server
that is sure working, so your name server will use it as a root one.

that is:

.		IN	NS	rootns.
rootns.		IN	A	a.b.c.d

some I use in my area (Brazil, south):
200.250.250.14
150.162.1.3
200.247.7.3
200.247.32.97


Hope this will help,

Sergio Lenzi.

Unix consult.




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