Help - servfail error!

[Michael Voight]

You are master for the root domain, but the root domain file has no SOA.

Michael Voight
Cisco TAC

Eva Felipe wrote:
> 
> Hello everyone!
> 
> I have recently installed bind-8.2.1 but can't get it to work.
> 
> Last week I got the error 'query() contains our address'. I have
> stuggled with that for a while. Now I get another error that I can't get
> rid of.
> 
> The log message is 'No root nameservers for class IN' and 'SERVFAIL' is
> returned. The SERVFAIL means I am authoritative but a zone is not loaded
> (according to the source code).
> 
> The problem must be in my configuration files but I don't know where. I
> have tried my old configuration files (from bind-8.1.2) without luck.
> 
> I am at a loss and getting desperate (since I need to get the server
> working by Friday)!
> 
> *Any* help is greatly appreciated!
> 
> /Eva
> 
> Included:    named.conf
>              root.hints
> 
> Anything else needed?
> 
> ---- named.conf ----
> 
> options {
>         directory "/var/named";
>         };
> 
> logging {
>         channel update {
>                        file "/var/adm/named.update";
>                        severity         debug 1;
>                        print-category   yes;
>                        print-severity   yes;
>                        print-time       yes;
>                        };
>         category update { update; };
>         };
> 
> zone "." {
>      type master;
>      file "root.hints";
>      };
> 
> zone "0.0.127.in-addr.arpa" {
>      type master;
>      file "pz/127.0.0";
>      };
> 
> zone "iponax.datacom-lab.uab.ericsson.se" {
>      type master;
>      file "pz/db.test";
>      allow-update { 10.20.0.13; };
>      };
> 
> zone "20.10.in-addr.arpa" {
>      type master;
>      file "pz/10.20";
>      allow-update { 10.20.0.13; };
>      };
> 
> ---- root.hints ----
> 
> .               99999999  IN  NS
> gateway1.iponax.datacom-lab.uab.ericsson.se.
> gateway1.iponax.datacom-lab.uab.ericsson.se.    99999999  IN  A
> 10.20.0.13