SERVFAIL in reverse zones

[Barry Margolin]

In article <dvs8a7$13p9$1 at sf1.isc.org>, "J.M.Roth" <jmroth at web.de> 
wrote:

> Hello,
> I am experiencing strange things in my reverse zones...


Have you checked your log to see if there are any error messages from 
named when it loads this zone?

> 
> Example:
> This is the reverse zone file
> 
> <quote>
> $TTL        86400
> @               IN      SOA     a.ns.iip.lu.
> hostmaster.binaerkorrektur.de. (
>                                 2006032101       ; serial, todays date
> + todays serial #
>                                 28800   ; Refresh
>                                 7200    ; Retry
>                                 604800  ; Expire
>                                 86400)  ; Minimum TTL
>                         NS      a.ns.iip.lu.
>                         NS      b.ns.iip.lu.
> 11       PTR     host1.com.
> ;etc ...
> 
> ;;;; MAKE MANUAL ENTRIES BELOW THIS LINE! ;;;;
> 
> $GENERATE 1-254 $ PTR ip90-${0,3,d}.iip.lu.
> </quote>
> 
> Now I do a dig 12.90.177.195.in-addr.arpa PTR
> 
> <output>
> ; <<>> DiG 9.2.4 <<>> 12.90.177.195.in-addr.arpa PTR
> ;; global options:  printcmd
> ;; Got answer:
> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: SERVFAIL, id: 47248
> ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0
> 
> ;; QUESTION SECTION:
> ;12.90.177.195.in-addr.arpa.    IN      PTR
> 
> ;; Query time: 0 msec
> ;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1)
> ;; WHEN: Wed Mar 22 15:59:31 2006
> ;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 44
> </output>
> 
> I go into the above mentioned zonefile, edit *something* in it (f.e. I
> add a new line and remove it again) and then I save the file.
> 
> I do a kill -1 on named and it works again:
> 
> <output>
> ; <<>> DiG 9.2.4 <<>> 12.90.177.195.in-addr.arpa PTR
> ;; global options:  printcmd
> ;; Got answer:
> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 11761
> ;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 2
> 
> ;; QUESTION SECTION:
> ;12.90.177.195.in-addr.arpa.    IN      PTR
> 
> ;; ANSWER SECTION:
> 12.90.177.195.in-addr.arpa. 86400 IN    PTR     ip90-012.iip.lu.
> 
> ;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
> 90.177.195.in-addr.arpa. 86400  IN      NS      b.ns.iip.lu.
> 90.177.195.in-addr.arpa. 86400  IN      NS      a.ns.iip.lu.
> 
> ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
> a.ns.iip.lu.            3600    IN      A       195.177.88.2
> b.ns.iip.lu.            3600    IN      A       195.177.89.2
> 
> ;; Query time: 0 msec
> ;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1)
> ;; WHEN: Wed Mar 22 16:03:25 2006
> ;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 140
> </output>
> 
> I am using bind that comes with Debian Sarge (9.2.4).
> Anyone got an idea what's wrong here?
> 
> Regards,
> ~jm

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Barry Margolin, barmar at alum.mit.edu
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