Bind Logging

[Jon Nistor]

What I tend to do is:
make a db.soa file in /etc/namedb, and use $include in all of them, but my
SOA file looks like this:

$TTL 3600
@       IN      SOA     ns.snickers.org. hostmaster.snickers.org. (
                                ;1999052102 ;serial number
                                1999071300
                                1800    ; Refresh       (1 hr)
                                900     ; Retry         (1800 | 30 minutes)
                                1W      ; Expire        (1 week)
                                3600    ; Default TTL   (1 hrs)
                                )

@               IN      NS      ns.snickers.org.
@               IN      NS      ns1.snickers.org.

the TTL should actually be at the very top of the file, hope this helps =)



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Jon Nistor (nistor at snickers.org)	http://www.snickers.org/
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On Wed, 14 Jul 1999, Jason Richards - Internet Alaska Sysadmin wrote:

> These go in the, for instance, db.jackwhite.com?
> I tried the below configuration and still got the error message.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> @               IN      SOA     ns3.alaska.net. dnsadmin.alaska.NET. (
>                 1999071402 10800 3600 604800 86400 )
> $TTL 86400
>                 IN      NS      ns1.alaska.net.
>                 IN      NS      ns4.alaska.net.
>                 IN      MX      10 jwnet.jackwhite.com.
>                 IN      MX      20 etrn.alaska.net.
> 
> *               IN      MX      10 jwnet.jackwhite.com.
> jwnet           IN      A       209.112.207.122
> www             IN      A       209.165.167.44
> 
> On Wed, 14 Jul 1999, Bill Larson wrote:
> 
> > The default TTL used in BIND-8 is now set by an explicit "$TTL" 
> > directive in the zone files.  Take a look at "man 8 named" or
> > see <http://www.isc.org/view.cgi?/products/BIND/docs/bind8.2_master-file.phtml>
> > for information about this directive.
> > 
> > You logged message is simply telling you that you don't have an
> > explicit "$TTL" in the zone files and the server is using the minimum
> > TTL from the SOA record.  You really don't have a problem here, just a
> > message.  If you want to stop the message, simply add a "$TTL 999",
> > where "999" will be your default TTL, to stop the message from being
> > generated.
> > 
> > The SOA record specifies a number of values, one of which is called the
> > "minimum" TTL.  In fact, this is NOT a minimum, but more like a default
> > value since you can always specify a TTL for an individual RR that is
> > less than the TTL specified in the SOA.
> > 
> > BIND-8 appears to have modified the DNS protocol by changing the
> > definition of what the TTL in the SOA means.  This really isn't too
> > much of a difference because all of the versions of BIND only use the
> > SOA's TTL as a default value.  Take a look at RFC1537 for more info
> > about this.  RFC2308 - "DNS NCACHE" also has some comments about
> > the specification of a minimum TTL, and specifies that a "$TTL"
> > directive is used in the zone master file.
> > 
> > This is really a "good" thing for them to have done, but it does
> > cause confusion for people moving to BIND-8 from BIND-4 (myself
> > included).
> > 
> > Bill Larson (wllarso at swcp.com)
> > 
> > In article <Pine.LNX.4.05.9907141046350.22929-100000 at laptopie.alaska.net> you write:
> > >We just updgraded to bind 8.2, and everytime I reload dns now, I get a
> > >message for every domain saying something to the effect of:
> > >
> > >No default TTL set user SOA minimum instead
> > >
> > >Why is this?  I thought the default TTL was set in the SOA record of each
> > >db file, which it is, but I still get this message.
> > 
> 
> Jason A. Richards		  		  System Administration
> jasonr at alaska.net                  		   Internet Alaska, Inc
> Phone: 907.562.4638		      		      Fax: 907.276.4807
>           "Ever notice how fast Windows runs? Neither did I."         
> 
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