Zone Transfer not happening

[Mark_Andrews at iengines.com]

	Named (and named-xfer) log error conditions.  Check your syslog.

	Mark
> 
> I try to perform a zone transfer from my primary server(8.1.2) to my
> secondary server(8.1.2); both running on Solaris 2.6
> However this is what happens;
> The named-xfer process starts up as shown below and just stays there for
> while and creates, what seems to be a temporary file( as shown by the "ls
> -l" below). Both the "named-xfer" and the temporary zone file remain for
> about 2 minutes, and then both they both disappear. In other words the
> "named-xfer" process is terminated and the temporary zone file is removed,
> leaving me with an unsuccessful zone transfer.
> 
> BTW, I am not the admin for the primary server..
> 
> Does the primary need to have a "A" record and/or a "NS" record for a zone
> transfer to be successful.
> 
> Any suggestions or direction is obviously welcomed..
> 
> TIA
> 
> # ps -ef
> root 29235 29233  0 22:23:44 ?        0:00 /usr/sbin/named-xfer -z
> sub.domain.com -f sub.domain.com -s 0 -C 1 -P 53 10.20.30.40
> 
> 
> # ls -l
> -rw-r--r--   1 root     other          0 Oct 25 22:29 sub.domain.com.0e2tsZ
> 
> Excerpt from named.conf 
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> options {
>         directory "/var/named/pri";
>         check-names master warn;                /* default. */
>         statistics-interval 5;
>         host-statistics yes;
>         forwarders { 1.1.1.1; 1.1.1.2; };
>         forward only;
>         datasize 20M;
> };
> 
> zone "sub.domain.com" IN {
>         type slave;
>         file "sub.domain.com";
>         masters { 10.196.2.30; };
> };
> 
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Mark Andrews, Internet Engines Inc. / Internet Software Consortium
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