Error - BIND 8.2.3 - no addrs found for root NS

[Kevin Darcy]

First of all, the "additional-from-cache" option is only available in
BIND 9, so recommending it to a BIND 8.2.3 user isn't very useful.

Secondly, "yes" is the *default* setting for "additional-from-cache".

Lastly, what makes you think "additional-from-cache" would help the
problem at all, even if it were available and the default was "no"?
"additional-from-cache" only affects the contents of the responses that
the nameserver gives out, whereas the error message indicates that the
nameserver is having trouble resolving A records for the root
nameservers. These would appear to be unrelated to each other.


- Kevin

Shon Stephens wrote:

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> Also make sure you set:
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> additional-from-cache yes;
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> Shon Stephens
> sstephens at corp.goamerica.net
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> - ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Reid" <jim at rfc1035.com>
> To: <d.abbott at dcs.shef.ac.uk>
> Cc: <comp-protocols-dns-bind at moderators.isc.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2001 12:34 PM
> Subject: Re: Error - BIND 8.2.3 - no addrs found for root NS
>
> > >>>>> "Dave" == Dave Abbott <davea at dcs.shef.ac.uk> writes:
> >
> >     Dave> We are running BIND 8.2.3 and are seeing fairly regular
> > log
> >     Dave> messages as follows:
> >
> >     Dave> May 15 10:12:48 cedar named[14317]: [ID 295310
> > daemon.warning] sysquery: no addrs found for root NS
> >     Dave> named does not report any errors or other problems at
> >     Dave> startup.
> >
> >     Dave> Can anyone enlighten me as to what causes these error
> >     Dave> messages?
> >
> > It looks like you name servers don't know about the root zone and
> > can't find the root servers. Have you got a hints zone{} statement
> > for the root zone? If so, what's in it? If this is OK, maybe you
> > have a firewall or router that's blocking queries or answers
> > to/from your server. Post the named.conf file and name server's log
> > messages at start-up if you need more help.
> >
> > And PLEASE DON'T put NOSPAM crap in your email address. It doesn't
> > prevent or reduce spam. I beleive most of the address harvesters
> > spammers use know how to filter out NOSPAM parts of the address.
> > The comp.protocols.dns.bind newsgroup is gatewayed into a mailing
> > list (bind-users at isc.org). So providing an unreplyable email
> > addresses is very anti-social. All you do is annoy anyone that
> > takes the time to answer your posting and reply to you.
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