AUTHORITY: 0

[Mark Andrews]

> Hi
> 
> I´m running BIND 9.2.2 on SuSE Linux.

	UPGRADE.

> My problem is, that this NS gives me the info: Authority:0 - the same result
> comes from the domreg-bot.
> The flags seem to be o.k.
> 
> BIND was runing well, but since one week I have this error. (The point is,
> that I did make many other changes, which normally do not touch BIND)
> 
> Does anyone has a hint for me? I can´t see the tree in the forest ;-))
> 
> thx
> 
> Joerg

	There is nothing wrong with this answer.  Named just didn't
	add a unnecessary copy of the NS RRset to the authority
	section.  The answer itself is authoritative.
 
> named.conf
> ----------------------------------------------------
> options {
>  directory "/var/lib/named/master";
>  dump-file "/var/log/named_dump.db";
>  statistics-file "/var/log/named.stats";
>  listen-on-v6 { any; };
>  # If notify is set to yes (default), notify messages are sent to other
>  # name servers when the the zone data is changed.  Instead of setting
>  # a global 'notify' statement in the 'options' section, a separate
>  # 'notify' can be added to each zone definition.
>  notify no;
> };
> 
> include "/etc/named.conf.include";
> 
> zone "localhost" in {
>  type master;
>  file "localhost.zone";
> };
> 
> zone "0.0.127.in-addr.arpa" in {
>  type master;
>  file "/var/lib/named/master/127.0.0.zone";
> };
> 
> zone "." in {
>  type hint;
>  file "/var/lib/named/master/root.hint";
> };
> 
> zone "angelwear.de" {
>  type master;
>  file "/var/lib/named/master/template.hosts";
>  };
> ### and many other domains with the same prob
> ----------------------------------------------------
> 
> template.host
> ----------------------------------------------------
> $ttl 14400
> @	IN	SOA	ns1.punktnet.net. hostmaster.punktnet.net. (
> 			2005081703
> 			14400
> 			7200
> 			604800
> 			14400 )
> 
> @       IN	A	194.8.202.202
> www	IN	A       194.8.202.202
> @	IN	MX	100 smtp.punktnet.net.
> @ 	IN	NS	ns1.punktnet.net.
> @	IN	NS	ns2.punktnet.net.
> ----------------------------------------------------
> 
> dig
> ----------------------------------------------------
> ; <<>> DiG 9.2.1 <<>> @ns1.punktnet.net angelwear.de any
> ;; global options:  printcmd
> ;; Got answer:
> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 32915
> ;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 5, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 3
> 
> ;; QUESTION SECTION:
> ;angelwear.de.			IN	ANY
> 
> ;; ANSWER SECTION:
> angelwear.de.		14400	IN	MX	100 smtp.punktnet.net.
> angelwear.de.		14400	IN	NS	ns2.punktnet.net.
> angelwear.de.		14400	IN	NS	ns1.punktnet.net.
> angelwear.de.		14400	IN	SOA	ns1.punktnet.net. hostmaster.pu
> nktnet.net.
> 2005081703 14400 7200 604800 14400
> angelwear.de.		14400	IN	A	194.8.202.202
> 
> ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
> smtp.punktnet.net.	14400	IN	A	194.8.202.205
> ns1.punktnet.net.	14400	IN	A	194.8.202.201
> ns2.punktnet.net.	14400	IN	A	195.14.224.6
> 
> ;; Query time: 213 msec
> ;; SERVER: 194.8.202.201#53(ns1.punktnet.net)
> ;; WHEN: Fri Aug 19 14:03:04 2005
> ;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 210
> ----------------------------------------------------
> 
> 
> 
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Mark Andrews, ISC
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PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742                 INTERNET: Mark_Andrews at isc.org