bind 9.1.3: dns_master_load error

[Cricket Liu]

> ok - probably a FAQ, does anybody know why
> bind 9.1.3 complains while trying
> to load the following really simple zone: 
> 
> $TTL 1d
> @ IN SOA pns.rlp.de. dnsadmin.nic.rlp.de. (
>         2001110804      ; serial
>         3h              ; refresh
>         1h              ; retry
>         1w              ; expiry
>         1d )            ; minimum
> 
>         IN NS           pns.rlp.de.
>         IN NS           pns.dtag.de.
>         IN NS           secondary004.dtag.net.
> 
>         IN MX           1 mail1.rlp.de.
>         IN MX           2 mforward.dtag.de.
> 
> $ORIGIN verwaltung-rlp.de.
> www     IN CNAME        @
> 
> 
> After restarting named on pns.rlp.de (the primary NS for this zone), 
> I get: 
> 
> Nov 14 16:11:30 pns /usr/local/sbin/named[28582]: 
> dns_master_load: zones/verwalt
> ung-rlp.de:21: ignoring out-of-zone data (www.verwaltung-rlp.de)
> 
> named.conf looks as follows for this zone:
> 
> zone "verwaltung.rlp.de" in {
>         type master;
>         file "zones/verwaltung-rlp.de";
>         allow-query { any; };
> };
> 
> The zones resolves fine, but I do not like this warning.
> What's wrong here???

The zone statement calls the zone verwaltung.rlp.de (with a
dot between "verwaltung" and "rlp"), while the $ORIGIN
control statement sets the origin to verwaltung-rlp.de (with
a dash).

cricket

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