NS will not update

[Paul A]

Chris, thanks for the reply, I actually just figured that out and that is
exactly what it was. I had to add also-notify in order to make it work. 

There goes a day and a half on something stupid.

Thanks,
 
Paul

P.A > -----Original Message-----
P.A > From: bind-users-bounce at isc.org [mailto:bind-users-bounce at isc.org] On
P.A > Behalf Of Chris Buxton
P.A > Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 12:57 PM
P.A > To: BIND Users Mailing List
P.A > Subject: Re: NS will not update
P.A > 
P.A > It sounds to me like the notifies aren't reaching server A at all.
P.A > What server is listed in the SOA record's first data field, the master
P.A > server name? Notifies will not be sent to that server.
P.A > 
P.A > If that's not it, put a packet sniffer (e.g. wireshark) on the slave
P.A > and see where it's sending notifies. If it's sending notifies to the
P.A > slave (server A), put a sniffer on that server to see if they're
P.A > reaching it.
P.A > 
P.A > Also, check your logging settings on each server. The default logging
P.A > statement, if none is specified, should log incoming notifies on the
P.A > slave, whether they are accepted or rejected.
P.A > 
P.A > Chris Buxton
P.A > Professional Services
P.A > Men & Mice
P.A > 
P.A > On Apr 9, 2008, at 7:21 AM, Paul A wrote:
P.A > > Hi list,
P.A > >
P.A > > I'm really stumped on this problem I'm having. I have two name
P.A > > servers one
P.A > > doing all primary zones, lets say A and a slave server, B.
P.A > > When I update a record on server A, the slave server, B sees it and
P.A > > updates
P.A > > the zone.
P.A > >
P.A > > However if I setup a zone on the slave server B as a primary zone
P.A > > and one
P.A > > server A set it up as the slave, server A will not see any updates
P.A > > from B.
P.A > > Server A will only see the updates from B when I do an rndc reload
P.A > > on the
P.A > > zone.
P.A > >
P.A > > I do see B sending out the notifies and I have server A listed as an
P.A > > NS
P.A > > server in the zone, but looking at the logs I never see the update
P.A > > reaching
P.A > > the server.
P.A > > I have disabled iptables and checked ACL's etc, nothing is blocking
P.A > > the
P.A > > updates.
P.A > >
P.A > > I even went as far as to try and setting up another name server on
P.A > > the same
P.A > > subnet as A, lets call it C, and A will not take updates from this
P.A > > server,
P.A > > C, as well. Again if I do a rndc reload on A for the slave zone then
P.A > > it will
P.A > > update it.
P.A > >
P.A > > Any thoughts, is there a way for me to be able to watch the notifies
P.A > > from B
P.A > > to A and have it be verbose so I can see what happens.
P.A > >
P.A > > the only difference between the named.conf files or A and B, is that
P.A > > B has
P.A > > ixfr-from-differences yes; and A does not, although this should
P.A > > cause an
P.A > > issue.
P.A > >
P.A > > Thanks,
P.A > >
P.A > > ----------------------------------------------------
P.A > > Paulo Amaral
P.A > > MegaNet Communications
P.A > > P: 508 646 0030
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