Getting "default for the 'auth-nxdomain' option is now no" me ssage

[Joe Kattner]

In the named.conf file.

-----Original Message-----
From: Atif Munir [mailto:atifch at sat.net.pk]
Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 4:21 PM
To: Joe Kattner
Subject: Re: Getting "default for the 'auth-nxdomain' option is now no"
message


In which file i can do it??
I am facing the same problem
atif

Joe Kattner wrote:

> It means that the default behavior of BIND 9 is to not respond with an
> authoritative flag for answers that it has cached. BIND 8 did the opposite
> (for compatibility reasons).
>
> To remove the message enter the following in you're options statement:
>
>         auth-nxdomain no;
>
> Unless you need the BIND 8 style responses, in which case you'd set it to
> yes. You're server will respond with authoritative answers for the domains
> you have on it (providing it's set up properly), so there is nothing for
you
> to fix.
>
> --Joe
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jhall at blackcodemail.com [mailto:jhall at blackcodemail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 10:33 AM
> To: comp-protocols-dns-bind at moderators.isc.org
> Subject: Getting "default for the 'auth-nxdomain' option is now no"
> message
>
> I have just installed BIND 9.1.3 on a RedHat 7.1 server.  Everything
> seems to be working just fine with the exception of the following
> error in the /var/log/messages file:
>
> "Nov 20 13:01:09 server206 named[20897]: the default for the
> 'auth-nxdomain' option is now 'no'
>
> Does this mean that my server is not authoritative?  If so, how do I
> fix this?  Thanks in advance.
>
> Jeff Hall
> Network Administrator
> U.S. Army

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M.Atif Munir
Network Engineer
Sattech (Private) Limited
Phone:042-111729638
Email:atifch at sat.net.pk
Lahore
Pakistan