hello, On 13 Oct I ask the maintainer of ro domain to change the name and IP address of my DNS. old: ; <<>> DiG 8.1 <<>> @ns.ici.ro ns citon.ro ; (1 server found) ;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch ;; got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 10 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 2 ;; QUERY SECTION: ;; citon.ro, type = NS, class = IN ;; ANSWER SECTION: citon.ro. 4D IN NS pub.pub.ro. citon.ro. 4D IN NS B659.citon.ro. ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION: pub.pub.ro. 1D IN A 141.85.128.1 B659.citon.ro. 4D IN A 193.226.61.100 ;; Total query time: 20 msec ;; FROM: romsys-sun to SERVER: ns.ici.ro 192.162.16.21 ;; WHEN: Fri Oct 9 13:57:07 1998 ;; MSG SIZE sent: 26 rcvd: 101 new: ; <<>> DiG 2.1 <<>> @ns.ici.ro ns citon.ro. ; (1 server found) ;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch ;; got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 10 ;; flags: qr rd ra; Ques: 1, Ans: 2, Auth: 0, Addit: 2 ;; QUESTIONS: ;; citon.ro, type = NS, class = IN ;; ANSWERS: citon.ro. 345600 NS router.citon.ro. citon.ro. 345600 NS pub.pub.ro. ;; ADDITIONAL RECORDS: router.citon.ro. 345600 A 193.231.157.1 pub.pub.ro. 86400 A 141.85.128.1 ;; Total query time: 27 msec ;; FROM: alpha to SERVER: ns.ici.ro 192.162.16.21 ;; WHEN: Tue Oct 20 10:23:35 1998 ;; MSG SIZE sent: 26 rcvd: 103 I modify the root.hints cache file: /var/named/zone/root.hints ; <<>> DiG 2.2 <<>> @ns.internic.net . ns ; (1 server found) ;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch ;; got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 10 ;; flags: qr aa rd; Ques: 1, Ans: 13, Auth: 0, Addit: 13 ;; QUESTIONS: ;; ., type = NS, class = IN ;; ANSWERS: . 99999999 NS pub.pub.ro. pub.pub.ro. 99999999 A 141.85.128.1 ;; Total query time: 6070 msec ;; FROM: waiting to SERVER: ns.internic.net 198.41.0.4 ;; WHEN: Thu Jul 17 16:55:43 1997 ;; MSG SIZE sent: 17 rcvd: 436 The problem is that when I restart the named (ndc restart; ndc reload) I get the next message: Oct 20 09:23:51 router named[2770]: named shutting down Oct 20 09:23:51 router named[2770]: USAGE 908900631 908900312 CPU=0.28u/0.07s CHILDCPU=0u/0s Oct 20 09:23:51 router named[2770]: NSTATS 908900631 908900312 A=10 PTR=5 MX=1 Oct 20 09:23:51 router named[2770]: XSTATS 908900631 908900312 RR=18 RNXD=1 RFwdR=8 RDupR=0 RFail=0 RFErr=0 RErr=0 RAXFR=0 RLame=4 ROpts$ Oct 20 09:23:56 router named[2809]: starting. named 8.1.2-T3B Sun Jun 7 23:43:52 MDT 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/bdale/debian/bind-8.1.2$ Oct 20 09:23:56 router named[2809]: cache zone "" (IN) loaded (serial 0) Oct 20 09:23:56 router named[2809]: master zone "127.in-addr.arpa" (IN) loaded (serial 1998100702) Oct 20 09:23:56 router named[2809]: master zone "citon.ro" (IN) loaded (serial 1998100707) Oct 20 09:23:57 router named[2809]: master zone "193.231.157.in-addr.arpa" (IN) loaded (serial 1998100706) Oct 20 09:23:57 router named[2809]: listening on [127.0.0.1].53 (lo) Oct 20 09:23:57 router named[2809]: listening on [193.231.44.100].53 (eth0) Oct 20 09:23:57 router named[2809]: listening on [193.231.157.1].53 (eth1) Oct 20 09:23:57 router named[2809]: Forwarding source address is [0.0.0.0].1947 Oct 20 09:23:57 router named[2810]: Ready to answer queries. Oct 20 09:28:44 router named[2810]: sysquery: findns error (NXDOMAIN) on B659.citon.ro? Oct 20 09:28:46 router named[2810]: sysquery: findns error (NXDOMAIN) on B659.citon.ro? Oct 20 09:28:50 router named[2810]: Lame server on '11.157.231.193.in-addr.arpa' (in '157.231.193.in-addr.arpa'?): [141.85.128.1].53 'pub.pub.ro': learnt (A=141.85.128.1,NS=141.85.128.1) Why it try to lookup to the B659.citon.ro? Please tell me what to do I have to do because I have no idea. TIA \\\___/// \\ - - // ( @ @ ) -----------------------------oOOo-(_)-oOOo-------------------------------- *Bubulac Angela Tatiana - National Institute for R&D of Materials Physics* * Bucuresti - Magurele P.O.B. MG-7 * * Romania * *e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | phone :401-7805385 int.1380 * * [EMAIL PROTECTED] | 401-7806925 * * | 401-7804573 * --------------------------------------Oooo-------------------------------- oooO ( ) ( ) ) / \ ( (_/ \_)