SOA issue

[Chris Buxton]

On Feb 13, 2013, at 9:22 AM, Paul A wrote:

> Can anyone tell help me figure out why this SOA is not changing no matter what I do. The zone was edited and has a new SOA but no matter what I do bind doesn’t reload the zone with the new SOA. I tried rndc freeze/unfreeze and still nothing. Short of reloading bind what else can I do.
>  
> TIA, Paul
>  
> named-compilezone -o - sturdymemorial.org db.sturdymemorial
> zone sturdymemorial.org/IN: loaded serial 2013021307
> sturdymemorial.org.                           86400 IN SOA      reuben.meganet.net. postmaster.naisp.net. 2013021307 10800 3600 604800 600
> OK

Your zone only has an SOA record. A zone without NS records will not load.

If that's not really the issue, because you've edited the output above, a couple of hints:

- rndc reload <zone> is unnecessary if rndc freeze <zone> executes correctly. A dynamic zone (one that you would freeze and thaw) cannot be reloaded. Thawing the zone effectively reloads it.

- Do not edit a dynamic zone's zone file without first freezing it. Otherwise, when you freeze it, the data in memory will be written to disk, overwriting your changes.

- Are you sure you're editing the right file?

Chris Buxton
BlueCat Networks

> rndc reload sturdymemorial.org
> zone reload up-to-date
>  
>  
> dig @localhost  sturdymemorial.org soa
>  
> ; (1 server found)
> ;; global options: +cmd
> ;; Got answer:
> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 57470
> ;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 3, ADDITIONAL: 3
>  
> ;; QUESTION SECTION:
> ;sturdymemorial.org.            IN      SOA
>  
> ;; ANSWER SECTION:
> sturdymemorial.org.     600     IN      SOA     reuben.meganet.net. postmaster.naisp.net. 2012011801 10800 3600 604800 600
>  
> from the log file
>  
> named[26675]: received control channel command 'reload sturdymemorial.org'
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