dns 4.9.7

[Mark Greene_1]

I'm running HP-UX 11.0 on an L2000. This box is my secondary dns server, and in the syslog I'm getting errors like this:

qserial_query(168.192.IN-ADDR.ARPA): sysquery FAILED

about every 15-20 for all 5 reverse zones I have setup, as well as the primary domain. I've not had a problem doing telnet, ftp, or nslookups to other systems. The reverse database files are all designated as "secondary" in the named.boot file. All zones loaded sucessfully on boot-up. The DNS book was less than helpful. Has anyone else seen this before? My dns is behind a firewall, so you'll not be able to nslookup or dig on it (is there dig available for HP?); also, my primary dns is on a Data General system, but also running 4.9.7. The only reference to the primary that I have on the secondary is in the resolve.conf file. Am I missing something?

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mark

[Alex Glennie]

The error indicates a problem with the /etc/named.boot configuration.
Verify that the primary and secondary information is correct.

The file should be formatted in the following manner:

type domain source file

eg secondary hv.uva.asr db.hv

perhaps post/attach the named.boot file and a DNS guru should hopefully be able to spot where the problem lies ?

[Steven Sim Kok Leong]

Hi,

Did you check your firewall logs to see if your DNS queries (udp/53, tcp/53) have been dropped?

Hope this helps. Regards.

Steven Sim Kok Leong

[Mark Greene_1]

the firewall ports are evidentally open, as I can resolve hp.com:

nslookup hp.com
Name Server: h1262n2.crhc.org
Address: 198.212.0.226

Trying DNS
Name: hp.com
Addresses: 192.151.52.217, 192.151.53.86, 192.6.118.128, 192.6.118.44
192.6.118.97, 192.151.52.187


here's my named.boot file:

;file: named.boot
;author: mark greene
;date: 01-10-02
;desc: configuration for named
;-----------------------------;
; specifiy the directory location of the files ;
directory /etc/dns
;+-------------+-----------------------+-------------+;
;|status |domain |file name |;
;+-------------+-----------------------+-------------+;
secondary crhc.org crhc.org.hosts
secondary 1.20.172.IN-ADDR.ARPA 172.20.1.rev
secondary 212.198.IN-ADDR.ARPA 198.212.rev
secondary 248.199.IN-ADDR.ARPA 199.248.rev
secondary 0.224.IN-ADDR.ARPA 224.0.rev
secondary 168.192.IN-ADDR.ARPA 192.168.rev
primary 0.0.127.IN-ADDR.ARPA crhc.org.local
cache . crhc.org.ca
;-----------------------------------------------------;
; specify any dns options different from defauls ;
;-----------------------------------------------------;
check-names primary warn
; end of file ;

[Alex Glennie]

Back to top .... any DNS guru's out there ?

[Wodisch]

Hello Mark,

would you mind showing the SOA and first few lines of your "192.168.rev"?
Perhaps we can find something in there...

Regards,
Wodisch

[Geno Church]

Hi Mark,

Here some info that might help. I'll keep digging to see if I can come up with anything else..

The error indicates a problem with the /etc/named.boot configuration.
Verify that the primary and secondary information is correct.

The file should be formatted in the following manner:

type domain source file



Geno-HP

[Geno Church]

oops,

Sorry Alex,

I see you posted the same info, didn't mean to duplicate.

Geno-HP

[Kevin Wright]

Are you sure all these zones loaded? I don't see the master's IP address in your named.boot file..the syntax is like this

directory /var/named
secondary < master IP> file

stop and restart named. check syslog.

[Sridhar Bhaskarla · Accepted solution]

Mark,

Your named.boot should be like this.


secondary domain/Reverse IP of the Primary the_file

For ex.,
....
directory /etc/dns
;+-------------+-----------------------+-------------+;
;|status |domain |file name |;
;+-------------+-----------------------+-------------+;
secondary crhc.org crhc.org.hosts
secondary 1.20.172.IN-ADDR.ARPA 10.10.10.1 172.20.1.rev
secondary 212.198.IN-ADDR.ARPA 10.10.10.1 198.212.rev
secondary 248.199.IN-ADDR.ARPA 10.10.10.1 199.248.rev
....

The lines will remain the same for the primary and cache specifications.

Where 10.10.10.1 is the IP of your primary name server.

-Sri

[Sridhar Bhaskarla]

Ooops.. my tabs didn't work... It messed up the meaning.

secondary domain/reverse IP of the Primary location of the file


-Sri

[Mark Greene_1]

Here's the SOA:

168.192.IN-ADDR.ARPA. IN SOA h1262n2.crhc.org. root.h1262n2.crhc.org. (
10521 10800 3600 3600000 2592000 )
IN NS h1262n2.crhc.org.


all of the zones load, we do not use anything on the 10. network, and are getting no other errors.

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mark

[Sridhar Bhaskarla]

Mark,

10.10.10.1 was only an example. You need to replace it with the IP of your master server.

-Sri

[Kevin Wright]

The named.conf that you showed in your previous post is NOT in correct format for a secondary name server. You MUST have the ip of the master in this file.

[Mark Greene_1]

my thanks to all who replied. Adding the primary IP to the named.boot file on the secondary system did the trick.

Now I'm getting this error:

"Jan 29 10:32:24 h1262n2 named[18248]: ns_resp: query(delphi.cs.ucla.edu) No possible A RRs"

I have verified that delphi.cs.ucla.edu is not in any of the database files on either server. Could this be a problem with my cache? The "ask mr dns" web site indicated it was a problem with hints, but is that not the same as the cache file for bind 4.9?

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mark