On Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:20:13 -0400, Frank Pikelner <frank.pikel...@netcraftcommunications.com> wrote: > I have two Debian servers running BIND 9.5.1-p3 (master and slave). I > have taken the configs from a production environment that work, just > changed IP addresses. I am having problems sorting out why the slave > fails to tranfer files from the master. The /var/log/bind/named.log on > the master shows that all relevant zones have been loaded. When I check > the /var/log/bind/named.log file the slave is only loading the defaults: > > 06-Oct-2009 12:09:45.358 general: info: zone 0.in-addr.arpa/IN/internal: > loaded serial 1 > 06-Oct-2009 12:09:45.358 general: info: zone > 127.in-addr.arpa/IN/internal: loaded serial 1 > 06-Oct-2009 12:09:45.358 general: info: zone > 255.in-addr.arpa/IN/internal: loaded serial 1 > 06-Oct-2009 12:09:45.362 general: info: zone localhost/IN/internal: > loaded serial 2 > 06-Oct-2009 12:09:45.362 general: info: zone bind/CH/external-chaos: > loaded serial 1 > 06-Oct-2009 12:09:45.366 general: notice: running > > > My named.conf file has an include statement for named.conf.local. I've > checked permissions, files and all seems to be okay. I must be missing > something simple. What is the best way to debug why the slave does not > seem to attempt a transfer of the additional zones from the master? > > > Thank you, > > Frank > >
The Debian packaged bind differs from the standard bind in one important detail, which may be the cause of your problems: Debian bind looks for named.conf and related files in /etc/bind/named.conf, standard bind looks in /etc/named.conf. (Sorry for not replying earlier, I don't read this list every day.) -- This message is hastily written, please ignore any unpleasant wordings, do not consider it a binding commitment, even if its phrasing may indicate so. Its contents may be deliberately or accidentally untrue. Trademarks and other things belong to their owners, if any. _______________________________________________ bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users