bind newbie - NSUPDATE

[Kevin Darcy]

Tim Maestas wrote:

> >
> > The immediate problem is that atoi.iphere.com is returning NOTAUTH ("Not
> > Authorized") to your Dynamic Update -- see the bottom part of the output.
> > Looking a little deeper, all of the responses you're getting from 192.168.0.1
> > are non-authoritative, even though that server is supposed to be configured as
> > master for the zone. It would appear, then, that the zone is not loading
> > properly, probably because of a syntax error in the zone file. Because the
> > server doesn't consider itself authoritative for the zone, it won't accept any
> > Dynamic Updates for it. Look in the log file to see why the zone isn't loading
> > properly.
>
> Isn't NOTAUTH "not authoritative", rather than "not authorized"? (as
> noted, the server indeed is not authoritative) If the update is not
> allowed, shouldn't the server return REFUSED?

Oops, you're right. The result is the same, though -- the server isn't
authoritative for the zone, so it's rejecting the Dynamic Update.


- Kevin