Autoupdate problem

[Mark.Andrews at nominum.com]

	Set the query-source on the master to 10.2.0.16 or list all
	the IP addresses for the master in the masters clause.

	The logs would be saying something about "NOTIFY from non-master"
	if you check them.

	Mark

> I am running two nameservers (BIND 8.2.2-P5 on Solaris 2.6) and am
> having problems getting auto update to work reliably.
> 
> When reloading the master, the slave now invariably fails to update
> automatically and simply waits the set refresh interval.  We are careful
> to increment serial numbers and another machine running the same version
> of BIND, compiled with the same flags, and with the same named.conf
> updates automatically.  The slave does update successfully on its own,
> simply not when prompted by reloading the master.
> 
> There are no firewalls between the master and slave but I'd be happy for
> suggestions for traffic to snoop between the two.
> 
> I tried adding explicit notify yes and also-notify statements which
> appear not to have any effect.
> 
> Conf files:
> /* master nameserver */
> 
> options {
>         also-notify { 192.168.1.36; };
>         directory "/var/named";
>         forwarders { 207.88.220.3 ; };
>         named-xfer "/usr/local/sbin/named-xfer";
>         notify yes;
>         pid-file "/var/run/named.pid";
> };
> 
> /* slave nameserver */
> 
> options {
>         directory "/var/named";
>         forwarders { 207.88.220.3; };
>         max-ncache-ttl 60;
>         named-xfer "/usr/local/sbin/named-xfer";
>         query-source address * port 53;
>         pid-file "/var/run/named.pid";
> };
> 
> zone "[foo].com" {
>         type slave;
>         masters { 10.2.0.16; };
>         file "slave/[foo].com";
> };
> 
> /* zone file */
> $tTL 3600
> $ORIGIN [foo].com.
> @       IN SOA  ns1.[foo].com. hostmaster.[foo].com. (
>                 2000050800      ; serial
>                 3600            ; refresh (1 hour)
>                 600             ; retry (10 minutes)
>                 604800          ; expire (1 week)
>                 86400 )         ; TTL (1 day)
>                         IN NS           ns1.[foo].com.
>                         IN NS           ns2.[foo].com.
> 
> /* notes */
> 
> ns2.[foo].com resolves properly to 192.168.1.36, the slave nameserver.
> ns1.[foo].copm resolves properly the ip address of the master
> nameserver.
> 
> 10.2.0.16 is another interface on the master but does not resolve to the
> name listed in the NS statements.
> 
> TIA
> 
> -Tchie Tao
> 
> 
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