CNAME and other DATA error in BIND 8.4.4

[Mark Andrews]

> Richard Zinar <Richard.Zinar at overture.com> wrote:
> > I know the standard reason for this error, but I can't see any reason
> > it should be triggered by the
> > following zone file:
> 
> 
> > $TTL 3600
> 
> > @       IN      SOA             ns1.overture.com. 
> > dns-admin.overture.com. (
> >                 2004032900      ; Serial (YYYYMMDDNN)
> >                 10800           ; refresh period
> >                 3600            ; retry refresh this often
> >                 604800          ; expiration period
> >                 86400 )         ; minimum TTL
> 
> >                 MX  10 mx1.overture.com.
> >                 MX  20 mx2.overture.com.
> >                 NS  ns1.overture.com.
> >                 NS  ns02.overture.com.
> 
> 
> > localhost       IN      A       127.0.0.1
> > inventory      IN      CNAME   redir.overture.com.
> 
> > www             IN      CNAME   www.overture.com.
> 
> > @                IN      A       61.213.167.165
> 
> > dtc             IN      CNAME   redir.overture.com.
> 
> > cms          MX  20  mx1.overture.com.
> >                 MX  10  mx2.overture.com.
> 
> > The corresponding named.conf entry is:
> 
> >    zone "tw.overture.com" {
> >         type master;
> >         file "tw.overture.com";
> >    };
> 
> > The DNS server is BIND 8.4.4 running on Solaris 8.  Is there some
> > compile option
> > or named.conf option which might trigger this behavior, or am I
> > overlooking something
> > obvious.  The file above is the entire zone file.  Thanks ...
> 
> There is no cnme conflict here :
> > named-checkzone tw.overture.com. x
> zone overture.com/IN: loaded serial 2004032900
> OK
> (where the above zonefile is saved in file x (
> 
> Are you running chrooted and editing the wrong file ?
> 
> A comment :
> you are using a default TTL of 1h but negative cache of 24h . Is that 
> really your intention or have you got that backwards ?
> 
> 
> > Richard
> 
> 
> -- 
> Peter Håkanson         
>         IPSec  Sverige      ( At Gothenburg Riverside )
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	BIND 8 uses a single database.  Records from other zones can
	also cause CNAME and other data errors.
--
Mark Andrews, ISC
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