Re: problem with bind book example

On Wed, 2009-09-23 at 15:17 -0700, Linda W wrote: > > In my main config it's in the section: > root "." IN { > type hint; > file "root.hint"; > }; > I don't have the BIND book to hand, but that should be: zone "." IN { John. -- John Horne, University of Plymouth, UK Tel: +44

Re: problem with bind book example

Linda W wrote: I was trying to auto load the root hints file on a cron job. In the bind 4th ed. book, p 157, there's and example to use dig to create a a file it calls db.cache Specifically, the example is $ dig @a.root-servers.net . ns > db.cache I wouldn't cron that _as_is_. You should

SERVFAIL on Dig DKIM Record

Hello, A user recently asked me to add this record for them: bh._domainkey.edweek.org NS pdns1.ultradns.net I've done so, however, BIND is kicking out SERVFAILS when I dig it. I'm running 9.6.1-P1, do I need to add a setting for BIND to accept this subdomain delegation? Thanks, Brad ___

Re: SERVFAIL on Dig DKIM Record

pdns1.ultradns.net is returning the SERVFAIL: $ dig bh._domainkey.edweek.org any @pdns1.ultradns.net ; <<>> DiG 9.3.0 <<>> bh._domainkey.edweek.org any @pdns1.ultradns.net ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: SERVFAIL, id: 384 ;; flags: qr rd; QUERY:

Re: SERVFAIL on Dig DKIM Record

Thanks Kevin, but shouldn't I be able to get info from my DNS server for this record? I'm doing this and getting the SERVFAIL: dig @dns1.irides.com bh._domainkey.edweek.org NS On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 12:14 PM, Kevin Darcy wrote: > pdns1.ultradns.net is returning the SERVFAIL: > > $ dig bh._doma

Re: SERVFAIL on Dig DKIM Record

brad wrote: > Thanks Kevin, but shouldn't I be able to get info from my DNS server for > this record? I'm doing this and getting the SERVFAIL: > > dig @dns1.irides.com bh._domainkey.edweek.org That's most likely because your nameserver is trying to recurse for you. Try th

Re: SERVFAIL on Dig DKIM Record

Thanks guys... :^ ) On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 12:32 PM, Matthew Horsfall wrote: > brad wrote: > > Thanks Kevin, but shouldn't I be able to get info from my DNS server for > > this record? I'm doing this and getting the SERVFAIL: > > > > dig @dns1.irides.com bh._domainkey.e

Re: SERVFAIL on Dig DKIM Record

The info from the zone itself is always considered "better" than the same information from a delegation, so named is going out and trying to fetch it. When it encounters the SERVFAIL it passes it back to the invoker. If you want to see the delegation record, put a +norec ("no recurse") on the