BIND9 master/slave - ixfr problems

[AG]

The answer to this question is like any other answers.

First: check all your physical layer are connected right, such as your 
cables, etc....

Second: check your Network configuration, IP address, and subnet mask...

Third: make sure your bind server has started both in NS1 and NS2

Last but not least, load up ethereal[1] and sniff some packets to get a 
feel of what exactly going on.

[1] http://www.ethereal.com/

Hope this helps!
AG


On 20-Jan-06, at 6:45 AM, Ronni Jensen wrote:

> Hello,
>
>
> I am new to BIND, but hope you guys can help out with this issue; I 
> have
> konfigured a master (ns1 10.10.2.245) and a slave (ns2 10.10.2.246), 
> but
> have problems resolving dns queries on the slave.
>
>
>
> ns1 named.conf for thisdomain.dk:
>
>
>
> zone "thisdomain.dk" {
>
>         type master;
>
>         file "data/t/thisdomain.dk";
>
>         allow-transfer { 10.10.2.246; };
>
> };
>
>
>
> ns2 named.conf for thisdomain.dk:
>
>
>
> zone "thisdomain.dk" {
>
>         type slave;
>
>         file "data/t/thisdomain.dk";
>
>         masters { 10.10.2.245; };
>
> };
>
>
>
> As you can see, the zone is defined in named.conf on NS1, and the
> zonefile is located at etc/bind/data/t/thisdomain.dk. On NS2 the slave
> zone is defined in named.conf but there is no zonefile in
> data/t/thisdomain.dk. This is where I expect NS2 to transfer the zone
> from NS1 and store it.
>
>
>
> If I do a nslookup for thisdomain.dk at NS1, everything looks fine and 
> I
> get the info which is in the zone file. But if I do the same query on
> NS2, I get this error:
>
>
>
> NS2:/etc/bind# nslookup
>
>> set q=any
>
>> thisdomain.dk
>
> Server:        127.0.0.1
>
> Address:        127.0.0.1#53
>
>
>
> ** server can't find thisdomain.dk: SERVFAIL
>
>
>
> Can someone please explain me why NS2 doesn't initiate a zone transfer
> from NS1 and return contents from that zone?
>
>
>
> Thank you :-)
>
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Ronni Jensen
>
>
>