sysquery: findns error

[j773303]

What does the mean of the below message? Is it affects the system performance or others?

May 18 18:48:02 tp1e-co named[1267]: sysquery: findns error (SERVFAIL) on xxx.xxx
.COM?
May 18 18:48:02 tp1e-co named[1267]: sysquery: findns error (SERVFAIL) on xxx.xxx
.COM?
May 18 18:48:02 tp1e-co named[1267]: sysquery: findns error (SERVFAIL) on xxx.xxx
.COM?

[KCS_1 · Accepted solution]

Hi,

In my opinion, If you are using your server for DNS, many message are in syslog as those.
whenever the client computer of DNS requests the name resolution which was failed by many reason( for example,NOT EXIST or WRONG SPELLs).

so your DNS server logged messages and not effects the system performance.



Have a good day!

[Steven E. Protter]

I get tons of these errors. I'd guess that DNS server is runing BIND and is being asked to resolve all DNS requests for a network.

If all requests are doing this than check the root servers file and /etc/resolv.conf In there you'll need to make sure those servers are valid and fufilling DNS requests correctly. If you are behind a firewall, port 53 has to be open at least one way for traffic.


SEP

[William Wong_2]

Is this machine running a DNS server? If so those are failed DNS lookups. If you need to determine which DNS client is causing those failed attempts you can turn on query logging with ndc querylog which will write more detailed information into syslog like the following:

01-Jul-2003 22:57:18.468 XX /130.144.179.2/www.hp.com/A

Which means the following:

A little before 11 o'clock this evening the address 130.144.179.2
asked the server for an A record for www.hp.com.

[Jairo Campana]

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