stubs question

[Kevin Darcy]

otrcomm***NO-SPAM***@wildapache**NO-SPAM***.net wrote:

> The system serviced by the 63.142.14.2 nameserver is an ISP with 72 dialup lines.
>
> I map all my dialup lines to IPs with:
>
> ; Dialup Lines
> s001            IN      A       63.142.14.30
> ...
> s072            IN      A       63.142.14.101
>
> in a zone file called verdenet.com.
>
> I started getting messages like:
>
> Oct 24 01:45:06 pri named[22773]: ns_forw: query(s001.verdenet.com) contains our address
> (NS1.WILDAPACHE.NET:209.141.80.2)
>
> in my syslog file on 209.141.80.2
>
> So, I added the verdenet.com zone in my named.conf file on 209.141.80.2 with:
>
> zone "verdenet.com"{
>         type slave;
>         file "verdenet.com";
>         masters {63.142.14.2 ; 209.141.80.2 ; };
> };
>
> and copied the verdenet.com data file over from the 63.142.14.2 system and placed it in the 'root'
> directory for my nameserver on the 209.141.80.2 system.

If this is on the 209.141.80.2 system, then you shouldn't be listing 209.141.80.2 in the
"masters" clause. You don't expect the machine to be replicating to *itself*, do you?

> After I restarted the nameserver on 209.141.80.2, the query messages described above stopped.
>
> Is this an 'okay' thing to do?

Yes, in general terms, this machine needs to be a master or slave if it's one of the delegated
nameservers for the domain.


- Kevin