debug level 1 output question

[Jim Reid]

>>>>> "David" == David Anderson <drm_anderson at NOSPAMhotmail.com> writes:

    David> Hi, Can anyone explain to me what the following lines mean
    David> from debug 1 output of a 4.9.7 server ?

    David> np_parent(0x0) couldn't find root entry

    David> This happens on start up and happens for all primary zones.
    David> Can I ignore it?

Looks like your name server doesn't know about the root zone or the
root name servers. If that's the case, you can't ignore it. [Well, you
could ignore it, but that would make it more than a little difficult
to lookup non-local names...] Do you have a line like:
	cache . named.cache
in named.boot and does named.cache have the names and addresses of the
root name servers in it?

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