sysquery error reported from bind 8.2.3

[Kevin Darcy]

Sounds like you lack connectivity to the Internet root nameservers. Could be a
routing problem, a firewall problem, something like that...


- Kevin

Eddy wrote:

> I can't seem to figure out why I'm getting the following error reported on
> my Linux 2.2.14 system:
>
> named[142]: sysquery: no addrs found for root NS (C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET)
>
> This is repeated each of the root servers. I have this in my /etc/named.conf
>
> zone "." IN {
>
> type hint;
>
> file "/var/named/root.hint";
>
> };
>
> and in root.hint I have :
>
> .. 3600000 NS C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
>
> C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 3600000 A 192.33.4.12
>
> Each root server is defined per the "named.root" which I downloaded from
> internic.net.
>
> Can someone point me in the right direction?
>
> thanks,
>
> Eddy