errors in log file

[Barry Margolin]

In article <92fnek$s9o at pub3.rc.vix.com>,
D.W. <dpalmeNOSPAM at unitedtraffic.com> wrote:
>We are running bind on a server, and although everything seems to be working
>correctly we are getting some errors in the /var/log/messages file.
>
>Here is one of those errors:
>Dec 28 05:46:07 ns named[387]: master zone "237.40.117.216.IN-ADDR.ARPA"
>(IN) rejected due to errors (serial 2821358817)

There should be a line right before this that says what the error is and
what line it's on.  It will look like:

Dec 28 05:46:07 ns named[387]:<filename>:<line#>:<error message>

>so I looked at the 216.117.40.237 file and don't see any problems:
>
>@   IN SOA ns.blackcatsolutions.com. hostmaster.blackcatsolutions.com. (
>    20001228001 ; serial

It's not the problem, but I hope you noticed that the serial number you're
getting is not what you put in.  The above serial number is >2^32, so it
wrapped around.  You should only use 2 digits after the date instead of 3,
to keep it in range.

>    3600  ; refresh
>    900  ; retry
>    43200  ; expire
>    3600 )  ; minimum
>
>@   IN PTR first.blackcatsolutions.com.
>
>If anyone has any suggestions or knows what we may be doing wrong or need to
>tweak, I'm all ears.....
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>Douglas
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