bsfin...@anl.gov wrote: >> On a mail machine I am running a cache-only DNS - BIND 9.6.1-P3. >> When I dump the cache I see two lines: >> >> ; answer >> brainpower-austria.at. 6622 MX 5 mx1.bon.at. >> >> I then enter >> >> ./rndc flushname brainpower-austria.at >> >> But when I then look at the cache, I still see the MX record (with a >> shorter TTL). Why is the "flushname" command not flushing this MX >> record from the cache? Thanks.
Cathy Almond <cat...@isc.org> replied: >rndc flushname for an MX record is working for me (it is even working >for this MX record). > >Is perhaps your mailserver's cache-only server forwarding to another >nameserver which has this cached still and then your mailserver is >querying again in between your rndc flushname and your check of cache? > >How are you checking cache? > >Cathy I was testing on a cache-only name server, and I did not realize that the record in question would have been in the cache on the name server that it queried to get the information. I reran the test on a name server that is not cache-only, and the "rndc flushname" worked as expected. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Barry S. Finkel Computing and Information Systems Division Argonne National Laboratory Phone: +1 (630) 252-7277 9700 South Cass Avenue Facsimile:+1 (630) 252-4601 Building 240, Room 5.B.8 Internet: bsfin...@anl.gov Argonne, IL 60439-4828 IBMMAIL: I1004994 _______________________________________________ bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users
