You have recursion disabled on your abc.com server, and I believe that is preventing your query from succeeding. My understanding is that the contents of the root hints file are not stored in the server's cache (which means, I think, that they are not themselves returned in response to queries for those records). Since you have recursion disabled on abc.com, it is never using its root hints to query your root server (rootns.man) for the NS and A records for the root zone (which sounds obfuscated, but it is done that way because the root servers themselves have the most current list of servers for the root zone). ________________________________
From: bind-users-boun...@lists.isc.org [mailto:bind-users-boun...@lists.isc.org] On Behalf Of T MANIKANDAN-PKXR74 Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 8:30 AM To: bind-users@lists.isc.org Subject: Root Server Simulation Communication Problem Hi, I am trying to set up lab which replicates the root server also. ( DNS with Root server simulation for Intranet), Basically I have two servers one abc.com as authoritative server and the other rootns.man acting as root server. running BIND 9 on both. I have done the following things in my named.conf file options { directory "/var/named"; recursion no; }; zone "." { type hint; file "root"; }; zone "abc.com" IN { type master; file "forward"; }; zone "10.168.192.in-addr.arpa" IN { type master; file "reverse"; }; My root File (Points to another DNS acting as Root server let us call rootns.man) . 86400 IN NS rootns.man. rootns.man. 86400 IN A 1.2.3.4 My Forward and reverse file $TTL 3600 @ IN SOA abc.com. root.abc.com. ( 42 ; serial 3H ; refresh 15M ; retry 1W ; expiry 1D) ; minimum IN NS abc.com. abc.com. IN A 192.168.10.12 $TTL 3600 @ IN SOA abc.com. root.abc.com.( 42 ; serial 3H ; refresh 15M ; retry 1W ; expiry 1D) ; minimum IN NS abc.com. 12 IN PTR abc.com. In the other DNS server rootns.man (acting root server) zone "." IN { type master; file "forward"; }; Forward file in roons.man server $TTL 86400 @ IN SOA rootns.man root.rootns.man ( 42 ; serial (d. adams) 3H ; refresh 15M ; retry 1W ; expiry 1D ) ; minimum . IN NS rootns.man. rootns.man. IN A 1.2.3.4 Once completing this I have a minor problem that is my abc.com server is not able to determine the root server (rootns.man) IP address. attached the DIG output from abc.com server. can any one please help me in resolving this issue. Regards Mani
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