Prob with "forwarders" directive

[Jonathan Fanti]

free wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> here is my named.conf:
> 
> options
> 
>         directory "/intranet/bind/db";
> /*      allow zone-transfer { any; };
>          allow-query { any; };*/
> 
>         forwarders
> 
>             212.243.79.240;
>         };
> };
> 
> zone "."
> 
>         type hint;
>         file "cache.db";
> };
> 
> zone "0.0.127.IN-ADDR-ARPA"
> 
>         type master;
>         file "127.0.0";
> };
> 
> zone "waterair-industries.fr"
> 
>         type master;
>         file "waterair-industries.fr";
> };
> 
> zone "168.192.IN-ADDR-ARPA"
> 
>         type master;
>         file "192.168";
> };
> 
> logging
> 
>         channel err
> 
>         syslog daemon;
>         severity info;
>         print-category yes;
>         print-time yes;
>         };
> };
> 
> With this named.conf, I obtain the following messages when I start bind:
> 
> intranet named[20739]: reloading nameserver
> intranet named[20739]: Zone "0.0.127.IN-ADDR-ARPA" (file 127.0.0): No
> default TTL set using SOA minimum instead
> intranet named[20739]: master zone "0.0.127.IN-ADDR-ARPA" (IN) loaded
> (serial 4)
> intranet named[20739]: Zone "waterair-industries.fr" (file
> waterair-industries.fr): No default TTL set using SOA minimum instead
> intranet named[20739]: master zone "waterair-industries.fr" (IN) loaded
> (serial 2000110904)
> intranet named[20739]: Zone "168.192.IN-ADDR-ARPA" (file 192.168): No
> default TTL set using SOA minimum instead
> intranet named[20739]: master zone "168.192.IN-ADDR-ARPA" (IN) loaded
> (serial 2000110903)
> intranet named[20739]: Forwarding source address is [0.0.0.0].1147
> intranet named[20739]: Ready to answer queries.
> 
> Two things seems weird to me,
> - "No default TTL set using SOA minimum instead", is it a problem?
> - Forwarding source address is [0.0.0.0].1147, here,shouldn't have we the
> forwarder IP address?


I don't know about the rest, but I have found that you can stop the "NO
Default TTL set using SOA minimum instead" by putting  $TTL 14400 in at
the very start of the zone file:

$TTL 14400
@	IN	SOA	foo.bar.org.	root.bar.org. (

Obviously change the TTL to suit your config ;]


HTH

Jon.