cannot synchronize BIND9 with WIN2000 DNS AD

['chris']

hi

I cannot synchronize BIND9 with WIN2000 DNS from Active Directory.
I've created on linux a slave Zone for domain.net, but get following error message:

Nov 7 13:29:38 ns1 named[1055]: transfer of 'domain.net/IN' from 192.168.1.10#53: failed while receiving responses: REFUSED
Nov 7 13:29:38 ns1 named[1055]: transfer of 'doamin.net/IN' from 192.168.1.10#53: end of transfer

I have BIND version 9.2.4

knows someone why WIN2000 DNS refused the zone transfer ?

kind regards
chris

[Alexander Chuzhoy]

Go to your windows server.
click on start,then choose run
type dnsmgmt.msc
expand the relevant zone.
Right click on it and choose properties.
Then go to "zone transfers" tab
and check the "allow zone transfer" ,while to any server is selected,or you can specify an IP of servers to which allow the zone transfer.

[Ivan Ferreira]

In the Windows DNS console you must enable:

"bind secondaries"

['chris']

thanks,

but cannot find "bind secondaries" option on
the Windows DNS console.

[Ivan Ferreira]

It's in the avdanced tab:

See:

http://informit.staging.informit.mttech.com/content/images/chap3_0789730146/elementLinks/03fig09.jpg

['chris']

"allow zone transfer" is to any server

"bind secondaries" is enabled,

but still doesn't work and I get the same error messages.

[Alexander Chuzhoy]

Check if you can reach the dns server on port 53?
telnet dnserver 53

['chris']

telnet dnserver 53 is working

[Alexander Chuzhoy]

see if the user (under which dns is working) is allowed to create files in place that's specified in named.conf file.


Besides what version of linux is it?
If it's redhat 4 or fedora 3 or higher then the files should be created in /var/named/chroot/var/named
by default and not in /var/named

['chris']

local dns server SLAVE: debian sarge with BIND version 9.2.4

remote dns server MASTER: WIN2000 Active Directory

should I create a windows user on linux ?

[Ivan Ferreira]

Please check the logs on the DNS console to see if there is any clue. Post any relevant messages.

['chris']

the logs on linux:

Nov 7 19:29:39 ns1 named[1055]: transfer of 'domain.net/IN' from 192.168.1.10#53: failed while receiving responses: REFUSED
Nov 7 19:29:39 ns1 named[1055]: transfer of 'doamin.net/IN' from 192.168.1.10#53: end of transfer

I don't have any others logs.

[Steven E. Protter]

Windows isn't playing nicely with Linux. You need to get it to allow the zone transfer. You might do better posting this to windows, since that is where the work needs to be done.

SEP

[Ivan Ferreira]

I mean the "Windows" DNS console logs.

['chris']

but howto check WIN2000 console logs ?
sorry about that, but I'm not WIN2000 specialist.

[Ivan Ferreira · Accepted solution]

You are not a windows expert, good for you!!! ;)

To access DNS logs, use start, programs, administrative tools, DNS.


Click the DNS server, event viewer, DNS events.

[Thomas Bianco]

it sounds like you don't have the secondary listed as a NS in the domain on the windows 2000 side. make sure it's listed then check the server properties in the DNS console and enable transfers to all listed name servers

of the references before:
bind secondaries is required for bind 4.x, bind 9 supports the transfer method, but it's probably a good idea to turn it on anyways http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/columns/profwin/pw0101.mspx

allowing transfers to all servers will probably fix your issue, but it leaves an open door.

lastly, if this is an active directory integrated domain, you cannot have a bind secondary.