Can't delete named.root file?
Mark_Andrews at isc.org
Mark_Andrews at isc.org
Mon Sep 8 23:39:46 UTC 2003
> Hello,
>
> I just setup my BIND server on FreeBSD 4.8. It is in internal root and
> a forwarder (for real Internet name access). The internal name is not
> registered (and there is a domain with the same name).
>
> My zone files are something like this:
>
> @ IN SOA mynameserver.mydomain.org.
> root.mynameserver.mydomain.org.
>
> @ IN NS mynameserver.mydomain.org.
>
> localhost IN A 127.0.0.1
>
>
> named.conf contains my ISP's DNS server addresses as a forwarder
> forward only is not enabled.
> etc/resolv.conf contains 127.0.0.1
>
> As you can see I have a very simple setup.
>
> Before I hooked this up to the Internet I set my IPFILTER firewall to
> log all and rebooted.
> Upon reboot I looked in the log and it seemed like to try to connect
> to every root name server there is within 1-5 seconds. So I moved the
> named.root file to a discrete location, changed the name, and
> rebooted. It still did the same thing.
>
> Is that named.root file only for human consumption and the real one is
> somewhere else? Even if it is only for humans I don't understand why
> that box is doing this it should just answer internal queries or turn
> around and ask my ISP's nameserver about any names it doesn't know,
> right?
>
> Explanations or pointers please.
>
If it is a internal root then it is configured to server
"." as a master or a slave. From the description it is
*not* a root server (internal or otherwise).
BIND 9 has the list of root servers built in. This can be
overridden with a root hint zone. It will be ignored if
you configure the server as "forward only;".
Mark
> Thanks,
>
> SLM
>
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