checkhints: unable to get root NS rrset from cache: not found

[Mark Andrews]

> Hi Marc,
>         I loaded a new version from the net same time I upgraded bind .
>  When I started receiving the checkhints warning I remove the ip6 entries 
> - but that didn't help.
> Here's the content of the hints file minus comments
> /Peter
> .                        3600000  IN  NS    A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
> A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.      3600000      A     198.41.0.4
> .                        3600000      NS    B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
> B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.      3600000      A     192.228.79.201
> .                        3600000      NS    C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
> C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.      3600000      A     192.33.4.12
> .                        3600000      NS    D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
> D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.      3600000      A     128.8.10.90
> .                        3600000      NS    E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
> E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.      3600000      A     192.203.230.10
> .                        3600000      NS    F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
> F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.      3600000      A     192.5.5.241
> .                        3600000      NS    G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
> G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.      3600000      A     192.112.36.4
> .                        3600000      NS    H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
> H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.      3600000      A     128.63.2.53
> .                        3600000      NS    I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
> I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.      3600000      A     192.36.148.17
> .                        3600000      NS    J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
> J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.      3600000      A     192.58.128.30
> .                        3600000      NS    K.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
> K.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.      3600000      A     193.0.14.129
> .                        3600000      NS    L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
> L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.      3600000      A     199.7.83.42
> .                        3600000      NS    M.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
> M.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.      3600000      A     202.12.27.33

	What does "dig +norec NS . @202.12.27.33" return?

> Mark Andrews <Mark_Andrews at isc.org> 
> Sent by: Mark_Andrews at isc.org
> 20-08-2008 14:48
> 
> To
> Peter Davies/SCA/CSC at CSC
> cc
> bind-users at isc.org
> Subject
> Re: checkhints: unable to get root NS rrset from cache: not found
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> > Hi,
> >         After upgrading to bind 9.5.1b I've begun to see the following 
> > warning being logged on one of three dns server which are configured 
> > identicaly?
> > " checkhints: unable to get root NS rrset from cache: not found"
> > Does anyone know is this is a  known problem
> > Best Regards
> > 
> > Peter
> 
>                  What do you have in your hints file?
> 
>                  What do you get if you run "dig ns . @<address>" where
>                  <address> are the addresses in the hints file.
> 
>                  Mark
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> Mark Andrews, ISC
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Mark Andrews, ISC
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PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742                 INTERNET: Mark_Andrews at isc.org