check-integrity complains while deleting MX record with no A record, but not while deleting.
Adam Tkac
atkac at redhat.com
Mon Oct 29 11:29:04 UTC 2007
On Mon, Oct 29, 2007 at 04:11:20AM -0700, Jack Tavares wrote:
> I am using bind9.4.1-P1
>
> I am using nsupdate to add MX records
>
> I added an MX record that does not refer to an A record.
> ie:
>
> update add test.net. 500 IN MX 1 ddd.test.net.
>
> There is no A record for "ddd.test.net."
>
> It allows me to do this with no complaints.
>
> However, when I try to delete this record with
> update delete test.net. 500 IN MX 1 ddd.test.net.
> I get
> update failed: REFUSED
Problem is not missing A (or AAAA) record. It looks like you don't
have permission to remove that record. You should look into named's
log and try find why is update refused.
Adam
>
>
> This behavior continues until I set check-integrity no;
> in the options clause.
>
> The following settings made no difference:
>
>
> check-names master ignore;
> check-mx ignore;
> check-mx-cname ignore;
>
>
> My question is:
>
> Shouldn't it also complain while ADDing the MX record
> Having it complain while trying to delete a bad record seems
> problematic. If I have a misconfigured record, I have to reset
> check-integrity to no,
> delete the bogus record, and the set check-integrity back to yes?
>
>
> --
> Jack Tavares
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Adam Tkac, Red Hat, Inc.
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