Can't delete named.root file?

[Mark_Andrews at isc.org]

> Hello,
> 
> I just setup my BIND server on FreeBSD 4.8. It is in internal root and
> a forwarder (for real Internet name access).  The internal name is not
> registered (and there is a domain with the same name).
> 
> My zone files are something like this:
> 
> @	IN	SOA	   mynameserver.mydomain.org.	
> root.mynameserver.mydomain.org.
> 
> @	IN	NS	   mynameserver.mydomain.org.
> 
> localhost	IN	A	127.0.0.1
> 
> 
> named.conf contains my ISP's DNS server addresses as a forwarder 
> forward only is not enabled. 
> etc/resolv.conf contains 127.0.0.1
> 
> As you can see I have a very simple setup.
> 
> Before I hooked this up to the Internet I set my IPFILTER firewall to
> log all and rebooted.
> Upon reboot I looked in the log and it seemed like to try to connect
> to every root name server there is within 1-5 seconds. So I moved the
> named.root file to a discrete location, changed the name, and
> rebooted. It still did the same thing.
> 
> Is that named.root file only for human consumption and the real one is
> somewhere else? Even if it is only for humans I don't understand why
> that box is doing this it should just answer internal queries or turn
> around and ask my ISP's nameserver about any names it doesn't know,
> right?
> 
> Explanations or pointers please.
> 

	If it is a internal root then it is configured to server
	"." as a master or a slave.  From the description it is
	*not* a root server (internal or otherwise).

	BIND 9 has the list of root servers built in.  This can be
	overridden with a root hint zone.  It will be ignored if
	you configure the server as "forward only;".

	Mark

> Thanks,
> 
> SLM
> 
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