zones transfer trouble

[Seth Roth]

I believe you will get this error if the master has not entered the slave server name info in the masters named.conf - check with admin again?

-----Original Message-----
From: bind-users-bounce at isc.org on behalf of phn at icke-reklam.ipsec.nu
Sent: Fri 8/6/2004 6:08 AM
To: comp-protocols-dns-bind at isc.org
Subject:  Re: zones transfer trouble
 
Mipam <mipam at ibb.net> wrote:
> Hi,

> I guess the scenario below is normal and is correct behaviour but i jus=
t=20
> aint sure about it.
> I was trying to receive some zone files from a dns machine and encounte=
red
> this message:
> (i had permission from the admins to transfer the zones)

> /usr/libexec/named-xfer -z zorgthuis.nl -f /bla/db.zorgthuis.nl -s 0 a.=
b.c.d

> named-xfer[58897]: [a.b.c.d] not authoritative for zorgthuis.nl, SOA=20
> query got rcode 0, aa 0, ancount 0, aucount 1

> with dig:

> dig @a.b.c.d zorgthuis.nl axfr

> ; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> @a.b.c.d zorgthuis.nl axfr
> ; (1 server found)
> ;; Received 0 answers (0 records).
> ;; FROM: my.dns.server.com to SERVER: a.b.c.d
> ;; WHEN: Thu Aug  5 18:34:58 2004

> Is it possible that only from my machine i am encountering this or=20
> shouldnt anybody be able to transfer that zone from a.b.c.d because its=
=20
> not authoritive?
> Bye,

> Mipam.

It's normal, you cannot zonetransfer from a machine that is not authorita=
tive.
if "a.b.c.d" is supposed to be auth it's broken, "Lame" is the term.



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