bind 9.4.1-p1

[Mark Andrews]

	You did read the migration documentation?

> i upgraded our name servers from 8.4.4 to 9.4.1.  The master seems to run
> fine on 9.4.1.  When i run the slave 9.4.1, it seems the zones aren't being
> trasfered properly.  Then after a while the zones begin to expire, and
> odvious with out the zone transfer, problems start to arise.

	How do you know they are expiring?

> When the master is run at 9.4.1 and slave at 8.4.4 everything seems to work
> fine.
> While poking around the slave i notice a set files like this:
> db-RJ2qRqDS
> db-SzOb6MvH
> db-T0qBsCoV
> db-Uu5fZE7v
> db-WVHIEYuZ
> db-Wwt6a4qU
> db-YTjS9eK5
> db-gdO2n3LH
> db-kBvivlyx
> db-nUkGm2hW
> db-qH68dJ8J
> 
> the contents of one of the files is listed below:
> 
> ;; BIND version named 8.4.4 Thu Jun 16 15:21:48 CDT 2005
> ; BIND version root at pop2.bayou.com:/usr/ports/dns/bind84/work/src/bin/named
> ; zone 'crusecypress.com'   first transfer
> ; from [209.209.192.10].53:53 (local [209.209.192.20].51898) using AXFR at
> Mon Oct 22 13:10:21 2007
> ; NOT TSIG verified
> $ORIGIN com.
> crusecypress    7200    IN      SOA     ns1.bayou.com. root.ns1.bayou.com. (
>                 2002061921 3600 900 3600000 600 )
>         7200    IN      NS      ns1.bayou.com.
>         7200    IN      NS      ns2.bayou.com.
>         7200    IN      A       209.209.192.58
>         7200    IN      MX      5 pop.bayou.com.
> $ORIGIN crusecypress.com.
> ftp     7200    IN      A       209.209.192.10
> mail    7200    IN      CNAME   pop.bayou.com.
> smtp    7200    IN      CNAME   smtp.bayou.com.
> www     7200    IN      A       209.209.192.58 Thu Jun 16 15:21:48 CDT 2005
> ; BIND version root at pop2.bayou.com:/usr/ports/dns/bind84/work/src/bin/named
> ; zone 'crusecypress.com'   first transfer
> ; from [209.209.192.10].53:53 (local [209.209.192.20].51898) using AXFR at
> Mon Oct 22 13:10:21 2007
> ; NOT TSIG verified
> $ORIGIN com.
> crusecypress    7200    IN      SOA     ns1.bayou.com. root.ns1.bayou.com. (
>                 2002061921 3600 900 3600000 600 )
>         7200    IN      NS      ns1.bayou.com.
>         7200    IN      NS      ns2.bayou.com.
>         7200    IN      A       209.209.192.58
>         7200    IN      MX      5 pop.bayou.com.
> $ORIGIN crusecypress.com.
> ftp     7200    IN      A       209.209.192.10
> mail    7200    IN      CNAME   pop.bayou.com.
> smtp    7200    IN      CNAME   smtp.bayou.com.
> www     7200    IN      A       209.209.192.58
> 
> 
> The time and dates on the files seem to coincide when 9.4.1 was running on
> both master and slave. do you guys know what these file are and why it would
> be creating the files with these names?  Thus far i have been unable to find
> any info about them on google. One thing that jumps out as a issue. is the
> file at the top references "BIND version named 8.4.4."  This is a shot in
> the dark, but Is it possible the bind 9.4.1 on the master is using a
> transfer method for 8.4.4?

	No.  It's just BIND 9.4.4 not liking the BIND 8.4.4 master files 
	for some reason (see the logs) and moving them out of the way
	so it can transfer in a new copy of the zone.
 
> Thanks
> Mark
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Mark Andrews, ISC
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