** server can't find barcelonamedia.org.barcelonamedia.org: SERVFAIL

Kevin Darcy kcd at chrysler.com
Wed Nov 4 18:14:35 UTC 2009


a) without knowing the contents of your named.conf, it is difficult or 
impossible to tell why the logs might not exist where you think they 
should (it is somewhat unusual for logs to be written to a ${CHROOT}/dev 
subdirectory, is it not? I would normally expect to see only device 
nodes there)
b) without knowing the contents of your named.conf or logs, it is 
difficult or impossible to tell why you might be getting a SERVFAIL for 
this query while other investigators, making the exact same query of the 
exact same nameserver, from remote locations, are resolving fine. Do you 
use "views"? Maybe your "internal" view has a problem with it, yet your 
"external" view is fine.
c) without knowing the contents of your /etc/init.d/bind9 
program/script, it is difficult or impossible to tell why invoking that 
script with a "status" operand causes it to claim that bind9 is not 
running, even though the process exists in your system's process table. 
If it is using rndc to collect status and rndc is not configured or 
misconfigured, then why does a "force-reload" apparently work (at least, 
there is no "failed!" message for that invocation of the 
program/script)? Possibly "force-reload" uses kill -HUP and "status" 
uses rndc (???) This would bear further investigation and/or testing.

                                                                         
                                    - Kevin

Marc Riera wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
>  
>
> I have a bind server (1:9.5.1.dfsg.P3-1) which manages my zone 
> (barcelonamedia.org).
>
> I use debian lenny.
>
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> *Bind server is running*, or it looks like so because *status returns 
> failed.*
>
>  
>
> FBMNS01:/etc/bind# /*etc/init.d/bind9 force-reload*
>
> Reloading domain name service...: bind9.
>
>  
>
> FBMNS01:/etc/bind# */etc/init.d/bind9 status*
>
> bind9 is not running *failed*!
>
>  
>
> *FBMNS01:/etc/bind# ps axu|grep bind*
>
> bind     11490  0.0  0.7 125776 15160 ?        Ssl  09:53   0:00 
> /usr/sbin/named -u bind -t /var/chroot/bind9
>
> root     11554  0.0  0.0   5160   780 pts/0    S+   10:07   0:00 grep bind
>
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>  
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> *In the bind server :*
>
>  
>
> FBMNS01:/etc/bind# nslookup
>
> > server 84.88.79.190
>
> Default server: 84.88.79.190
>
> Address: 84.88.79.190#53
>
> > set ty=any
>
> > barcelonamedia.org
>
> Server:         84.88.79.190
>
> Address:        84.88.79.190#53
>
>  
>
> ** server can't find barcelonamedia.org.barcelonamedia.org: *SERVFAIL*
>
>  
>
>  
>
> *And finally i do not manage to read logs because they are not there. 
> I really do not understant. Help will be apreciated. *
>
>  
>
> *FBMNS01:/etc/bind# locate bind |grep log*
>
> /etc/rsyslog.d/bind-chroot.conf
>
> /usr/lib/python2.5/idlelib/keybindingDialog.py
>
> /usr/lib/python2.5/idlelib/keybindingDialog.pyc
>
> /usr/share/doc/bind9/changelog.Debian.gz
>
> /usr/share/doc/bind9-doc/changelog.Debian.gz
>
> /usr/share/doc/bind9-doc/changelog.gz
>
> /usr/share/doc/bind9-host/changelog.Debian.gz
>
> /usr/share/doc/bind9utils/changelog.Debian.gz
>
> /usr/share/doc/libbind9-40/changelog.Debian.gz
>
> /usr/share/webmin/bind8/conf_logging.cgi
>
> /usr/share/webmin/bind8/log_parser.pl
>
> /usr/share/webmin/bind8/save_logging.cgi
>
> /usr/share/webmin/bind8/syslog_logs.pl
>
> /usr/share/webmin/bind8/images/logging.gif
>
> /usr/share/webmin/blue-theme/bind8/images/logging.gif
>
> /var/chroot/bind9/dev/log
>
>  
>
> *FBMNS01:/etc/bind# tail -f /var/chroot/bind9/dev/log*
>
> tail: cannot open `/var/chroot/bind9/dev/log' for reading: No such 
> device or address
>
> tail: no files remaining
>
>  
>
> *The first lines of my zone file db.barcelonamedia.org look like this:*
>
>  
>
> /@       IN      SOA     fbmns01.barcelonamedia.org. 
> namemaster.barcelonamedia.org. (/
>
> /                        2009110404/
>
> /                        14400/
>
> /                        3600/
>
> /                        2419200/
>
> /                        604800 )/
>
> /;/
>
> /@       IN      NS      fbmns01.barcelonamedia.org./
>
> /@       IN      NS      ns1.cesca.es./
>
> /@       IN      NS      ns2.cesca.es./
>
> /barcelonamedia.org.     IN      MX      10 mx01.barcelonamedia.org./
>
> /barcelonamedia.org.     IN      MX      20 mx02.barcelonamedia.org./
>
> /@       IN      TXT     "FBM"/
>
> /smtp    IN      A       217.116.0.156/
>
> /www     IN      A       217.116.20.166/
>
> /@       IN      A       217.116.20.166/
>
> / /
>
> / /
>
> /llistes IN      MX 10 llistes.barcelonamedia.org./
>
> /mailman IN      MX 10 mailman.barcelonamedia.org./
>
> / /
>
> /;############### IPs Externas a Zona FBM ###################/
>
> /2020    IN      A       217.116.20.166/
>
> /awebmail        IN      A 217.14.38.81/
>
> /graficos        IN      A 193.145.44.102/
>
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> Thanks for reading.
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> cid:part1.06060406.07040604 at barcelonamedia.org
>
> *Joan Marc Riera Duocastella*
> *Barcelona Media - Centre d'Innovació*
> Av. Diagonal, 177, planta 9 08018 - BARCELONA
> Telèfon +34 93 238 14 00 Fax +34 93 309 31 88
> www.barcelonamedia.org <http://www.barcelonamedia.org>
>
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