and why not use.. https://www.dns-oarc.net/tools/dnscap
dnscap -m q -e y -c 100 -w /path/file captures: - queries only - errors only - after 100 packets where conditions are met - write it to a file.. Enjoy! --- On Sat, 11/29/08, ivan jr sy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: ivan jr sy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: logging query results > To: bind-users@lists.isc.org, "wes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Saturday, November 29, 2008, 7:56 AM > looks like an OK config for me. > - you should be able to view the name being queried and > from what source IP > - debug10 = view the actual query (similar to dig) > so you can grep the NXDOMAIN or the ANSWER > > are you able to view the log file? did it log the start-up > processes of BIND? you should be able to see tons and tons > of log messages even just on startup of named. > > note that logging queries will significantly impact the > query response rate of the server. its a no no for > production. on the other hand, your tcpdump script sounds > elegant... > > > --- On Sat, 11/29/08, wes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > From: wes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: logging query results > > To: bind-users@lists.isc.org > > Date: Saturday, November 29, 2008, 7:08 AM > > I would like to know if it's possible to log the > output > > of each dns query. > > I'd like to do this to catch failed queries so I > can > > see what people are > > looking for, and not finding, and add it for them if > it > > should be there. I > > recently lost my old dns server so I have to start > from > > scratch. > > > > This is my current logging configuration: > > > > logging { > > channel log { > > file "/var/log/named/named.log" > > versions 10 > > size 100m; > > severity debug 9999; > > print-time yes; > > print-severity yes; > > print-category yes; > > }; > > category default { log; }; > > category queries { log; }; > > }; > > > > as far as I can tell, this is set up to log everything > > ever. but, I still > > don't get the actual query result in the log. Is > there > > a way to do this? > > > > If not, that's ok, I'll set up a tcpdump > script to > > do it. but I thought I > > would make sure there isn't a built-in method in > bind > > first. > > > > thanks for any advice. > > > > -wes > > _______________________________________________ > > bind-users mailing list > > bind-users@lists.isc.org > > https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users > > > > _______________________________________________ > bind-users mailing list > bind-users@lists.isc.org > https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users _______________________________________________ bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users