Q:sysquery: no addrs found, root nameserver problem

[Barry Margolin]

In article <0FHC00JJRHB9B6 at mta3.infoseekmail.com>, kkc  <kkc_ at go.com> wrote:
>I am running bind 8.2.1 on a host that is authoritative for our internal
>DNS records.   It has no connectivity to any root servers or
>the internet.  The root zone is "type hint" and the associated file lists
>some firewalls which can do public side DNS resolution (but
>they are not root nameservers.)  These firewalls are also the machines
>listed under forwarders under OPTIONS in the config file.  Everything is
>fine functionally (I can do both private and public DNS) However, bind
>keeps complaining in the log file:
> 
>        sysquery: no addrs found for root NS()
> 
>How can I configure bind so that this error does not occur? 
>Functionally, I do not really need root nameservers but it doesn't
>seem like you can configure bind to not use them.

The first thing that named does when it starts up is get the current list
of root servers.  If it doesn't have forwarders configured, it asks one of
the servers in the hint file; if it has forwarders configured, it asks its
forwarder.

Apparently in your configuration, the forwarder is not responding to the
query for the root NS records.  You need to figure out why your firewalls
aren't responding properly for this information.

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Barry Margolin, barmar at bbnplanet.com
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