nsupdate errors - where to get more info?

[Treptow, Craig]

What happens is that it gets the NS records and then tries them in =
order.  If
the master is the first record returned it works the first time.  If it =
is
second, it gets refused and then tries the next NS record, which works. =
 If
the master is third, it gets two refusals and then works.  If the =
master is
the fourth NS record returned, I get the send error after the third =
refusal.

Perhaps I'm totally missing something, but I don't see how can always =
make
sure the update is heading for the master server?  I need or want all =
the
secondaries listed in the NS records for the domain, right?

-----Original Message-----
From: peter at icke-reklam.ipsec.nu.invalid
[mailto:peter at icke-reklam.ipsec.nu.invalid]
Sent: Friday, September 08, 2000 5:39 PM
To: comp-protocols-dns-bind at moderators.isc.org
Subject: Re: nsupdate errors - where to get more info?



Treptow, Craig <Treptow.Craig at principal.com> wrote:

Well the update is supposed to be aimed at the master. Is that
your problem that it isn't ?



> Nothing gets in the logs.  What I've discovered is that the only =3D
> message
> coming directly from nsupdate is the "res_send: send error, =
n=3D3D-1".  =3D
> The others
> are from an interveining program that I didn't know about earlier.

> I've also discovered that the update will fail with the above error =
=3D
> message
> whenever the master DNS is listed as the 4th NS record.  If it comes =
=3D
> back as
> the first through third NS record the update works fine.  It will =3D
> probably
> also fail if the master is listed the 5-? NS record, but I don't have =
=3D
> that
> many secondaries and haven't been able to test it.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: peter at icke-reklam.ipsec.nu.invalid
> [mailto:peter at icke-reklam.ipsec.nu.invalid]
> Sent: Friday, September 08, 2000 1:46 PM
> To: comp-protocols-dns-bind at moderators.isc.org
> Subject: Re: nsupdate errors - where to get more info?



> Treptow, Craig <Treptow.Craig at principal.com> wrote:

>> Hi.  We are running 8.2.2-p5 on AIX 4.3 and have a process in place =
=3D
> that
> does
>> dynamic updates.  Occasionally, in the logs we see any of these =3D
> messages:

> What is written in the logs of the DNS SERVER ? These seem to
> be resolver messages.

>> res_mkupdate error
>> failed update packet

>> unknown response: ans=3D3D3, auth=3D3D1, add=3D3D0, rcode=3D3D0
>> failed update packet

>> res_send: send error, n=3D3D-1

>> unknown response: ans=3D3D1, auth=3D3D1, add=3D3D0, rcode=3D3D3
>> failed update packet

>> I would like to learn more about what these are trying to tell us.  =
I =3D
> can't
>> seem to find much regarding the specifics to these errors.  I've =3D
> looked in
> the
>> BIND book and in the archives of this list, but didn't find =
anything. =3D
>  Any
>> pointers are greatly appreciated.

>> Thanks!

>> Craig Treptow
>> Principal Financial Group
>> I/S Network Administration
>> (515) 247-6207





> --=3D20
> Peter H=3DE5kanson        =3D20
>         IPSec  Sverige      (At the Riverside of Gothenburg, home of =
=3D
> Volvo)
>            Sorry about my e-mail address, but i'm trying to keep spam =
=3D
> out.
> 	   Remove "icke-reklam"and "invalid"  and it works.





--=20
Peter H=E5kanson        =20
        IPSec  Sverige      (At the Riverside of Gothenburg, home of =
Volvo)
           Sorry about my e-mail address, but i'm trying to keep spam =
out.
	   Remove "icke-reklam"and "invalid"  and it works.