Logging SERVFAIL Errors

[Torsten]

You have to set a debug level of at least 1 to capture SERVFAIL errors
in your logfile.


Ciao
Torsten


Am Fri,  8 Oct 2010 09:09:16 -0500 (CDT)
schrieb b19141 at anl.gov (Barry Finkel):

> On BIND 9.7.1-P2 I have in named.conf:
> 
>      channel query-errors-log {
>              file "/var/log/named.query-errors.log" versions 3 size
> 200k; print-category yes;
>              print-severity yes;
>              print-time yes;
>              severity info;
>      };
> 
>      category query-errors { query-errors-log; };  // no
> default_syslog
> 
> Is this correct for logging queries that produce SERVFAIL?
> 
> I ran this query on the DNS server:
> 
> dns# dig klyuniv.ernet.in @t1dns2.anl.gov
> 
> ; <<>> DiG 9.7.1-P2 <<>> klyuniv.ernet.in @t1dns2.anl.gov
> ;; global options: +cmd
> ;; Got answer:
> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: SERVFAIL, id: 7278
> ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0
> 
> ;; QUESTION SECTION:
> ;klyuniv.ernet.in.              IN      A
> 
> ;; Query time: 1860 msec
> ;; SERVER: 130.202.101.37#53(130.202.101.37)
> ;; WHEN: Fri Oct  8 09:06:04 2010
> ;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 34
> 
> dns# 
> 
> and there is nothing logged in
> 
>      /var/log/named.query-errors.log
> 
> Am I doing something wrong?  Thanks.
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