What does this error mean? (can't find it docu'd)

[Joseph S D Yao]

> named[49]: sysquery: findns error (NXDOMAIN) on dnspri.domain.tld

This looks like somebody copied into some configuration file an address
that means nothing in itself, but is supposed to be a pattern.  E.g.:
	dnspri = DNS primary server, e.g. host "ns1"
	domain = domain, e.g. "booster.rocketmail"
	tld = Top-Level Domain, e.g. "com"
	=> "ns1.booster.rocketmail.com"

Since there is no such address as "dnspri.domain.tld", naturally it
responds that this is a Non-Existent Domain (NXDOMAIN).

ISTM that I've seen this pattern in some template somewhere, but I
can't remember where.

If you believe that this is being generated somewhere in your
configuration [e.g., it appears every time you start 'named'], then
look in your resolv.conf, your named.conf, and all your zone files.

Alternately, it may be somebody blindly following an example somewhere.
In an application template, e.g.  In this case, you need not worry
about it.  There are an infinite number of non-existent domains.  ;-)

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