non-local queries died on upgrade to 8.2.3

[Kevin Darcy]

Define the root zone as "type hint" *only*. Since you are forwarding, this is
the only reasonable setting. I'm not quite sure what you were trying to
accomplish by configuring root as "type master"; if you want to serve internal
domains in addition to forwarding for Internet names, then you have to define
your internal domains in such a way as to distinguish them from Internet ones,
e.g. at the "example.com" level or farther down in the hierarchy.

I'm very surprised that this configuration worked under 8.2...


- Kevin

Weeve wrote:

> Ok, the dns server in question is 208.161.3.155  The servers it was
> forwarding requests to are 199.171.167.2 and 199.171.167.4
>
> This is what the config file looks like.
>
> options {
> #
> # boot file for name server
> #
>         directory "/etc";
>         multiple-cnames yes;
>         recursion yes;
>         forwarders {
>                 199.171.167.2;
>                 199.171.167.4;
>                 };
>         forward first;
> };
>
> # type domain source host/file backup file
> zone "." {
>         type master;
>         file "named.root_primary";
>         type hint;
>         file "named.root_cache";
> };
>
> Thanks again,
> Weeve
> <peter at icke-reklam.ipsec.nu.invalid> wrote in message
> news:95mhe4$m41 at pub3.rc.vix.com...
> >
> > Weeve <remove-this-to-email-weeve at capital.net> wrote:
> > > I upgraded BIND from 8.2.2 to 8.2.3 and now the server no longer answers
> > > queries for zones that are not local.  None of the configuration files
> were
> > > changed.  Any help would be appreciated.
> >
> > Could be just about _any_ reason.
> >
> > Why don't you tell us the nameservers address so we _could_ get a clue?
> >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Weeve
> >
> >
> >
> >
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