newbie question

[Barry Finkel]

ccfpark at jacksonville.net wrote:

>server is DONE priming
>server IS NOT loading its configuration
>
>What does that server IS NOT loading its coniguration mean?  Is that a
>problem?

It means that at the time the message was written the server was not
loading its configuration.  It probably had finished loading its
configuration (per the "server is DONE priming" message).  This has
been discussed before; check the archives.

>I've setup bind 8.2.2 p5 on my slackware linux box (kernel 2.2.16) and
>everything seems to be running fine I think - I'm trying to get Win2K to use
>it as its Active directory DNS and when I try to setup AD it bombs saying it
>can't locate the DNS server to check to see if it allows updates.  I have
>the IP of the win2k box in my allow-updates area of my forward and reverse
>zones and I have win2k set up to use the linux box as it's only DNS - I can
>surf and everything from the win2k box so I know the linux box is resolving
>names.  The only funny thing I see is this when I run "ndc status"

What is the error message when AD bombs, saying it can not locate the
DNS server?  We have an open case with MS on a similar issue.

There has been much discussion on this list since I joined in Sept. '99
concerning W2k and AD.  Check the archives as www.isc.org.
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