>Let me take a step back. The original problem is "dig ." > would give SERVFAIL instead of NOERROR. >The "." is pointed to named.ca which looks normal.
Without source code changes to your tools and/or replacement hints files "." invariably points to the root servers to be used by the (possibly local) DNS toolset. HTH,Len On Tuesday, February 3, 2015 11:47 AM, Linux Addict <linuxaddi...@gmail.com> wrote: Actually I tried +trace from BIND server itself and still get the same answer. I did "dig . +trace @localhost" ; <<>> DiG 9.7.0-P1 <<>> . +trace @localhost;; global options: +cmd. 346239 IN NS i.root-servers.new.. 346239 IN NS c.root-servers.new.. 346239 IN NS b.root-servers.new.. 346239 IN NS e.root-servers.new.. 346239 IN NS d.root-servers.new.. 346239 IN NS l.root-servers.new.. 346239 IN NS f.root-servers.new.. 346239 IN NS j.root-servers.new.. 346239 IN NS h.root-servers.new.. 346239 IN NS k.root-servers.new.. 346239 IN NS m.root-servers.new.. 346239 IN NS g.root-servers.new.;; Received 405 bytes from localhost#53(localhost) in 1 ms On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 2:19 PM, Lyle Giese <l...@lcrcomputer.net> wrote: 172.27.254.11 is giving you that info with the .new name servers. You need to ask whomever manages that server. Look at this line from your +trace output: Received 405 bytes from 172.27.254.11#53(172.27.254.11) in 1 ms Lyle On 2/3/2015 1:13 PM, Linux Addict wrote: Additional info - general: warning: checkhints: unable to find root NS 'b.root-servers.new' in hints I cant seem to find where the ".new" coming from... On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 2:07 PM, Linux Addict <linuxaddi...@gmail.com> wrote: The named.ca seems good. ;; ANSWER SECTION: . 518400 IN NS C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 518400 IN NS I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 518400 IN NS F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 518400 IN NS B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 518400 IN NS L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 518400 IN NS D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 518400 IN NS J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 518400 IN NS K.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 518400 IN NS E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 518400 IN NS A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 518400 IN NS M.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 518400 IN NS G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. . 518400 IN NS H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 2:02 PM, Lyle Giese <l...@lcrcomputer.net> wrote: If I remember right, DIG does not know the root servers and asks the local host to retrieve that information and a server at 172.27.254.11(which is RFC 1918 address space) gave you that answer. Is your machine/shop setup with private root servers? Lyle On 2/3/2015 12:50 PM, Linux Addict wrote: I do dig . +trace and the results seem show .new servers. This is causing SERVFAIL for root query. Any ideas? dig . +trace ; <<>> DiG 9.7.0-P1 <<>> . +trace ;; global options: +cmd . 348510 IN NS b.root-servers.new. . 348510 IN NS h.root-servers.new. . 348510 IN NS l.root-servers.new. . 348510 IN NS f.root-servers.new. . 348510 IN NS m.root-servers.new. . 348510 IN NS k.root-servers.new. . 348510 IN NS i.root-servers.new. . 348510 IN NS e.root-servers.new. . 348510 IN NS g.root-servers.new. . 348510 IN NS j.root-servers.new. . 348510 IN NS c.root-servers.new. . 348510 IN NS d.root-servers.new. ;; Received 405 bytes from 172.27.254.11#53(172.27.254.11) in 1 ms ;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached _______________________________________________ Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe from this list bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users _______________________________________________ Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe from this list bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users _______________________________________________ Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe from this list bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users _______________________________________________ Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe from this list bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users
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