Re: Allowing zone xfer to slave server -SOLVED


Allowing zone xfer to slave server
\ Ryan McCain (30 Aug 2007)
. \ Dawn Connelly (30 Aug 2007)
. \ Ryan McCain (30 Aug 2007)
. \ Ryan McCain (30 Aug 2007)
. . \ Dawn Connelly (30 Aug 2007)
. . . \ Ryan McCain (31 Aug 2007)
. . . . \ Ryan McCain (31 Aug 2007)
. . . . \ Ryan McCain (31 Aug 2007)
. . . . . \ Mark Andrews (31 Aug 2007)
. . . . . . \ Robert Spangler (1 Sep 2007)
. . . . . \ Ryan McCain (3 Sep 2007)
. \ Barry Margolin (31 Aug 2007)
. . \ Ryan McCain (31 Aug 2007)
. \ Barry Margolin (1 Sep 2007)

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5 msg	odd behaviour: BIND 9.3.3rc2
3 msg	Re: BIND 8 is EOL as of 27 August 2007
4 msg	forward subdomain of authoritative zone?
1 msg	output configuration in use?
1 msg	resolving problem
2 msg	where is named.root.hints file?
2 msg	Marshal V Langlois is out of the office.
16 msg	Best way to handle multiple zones
5 msg	NAMED: annoying error in syslog
4 msg	Overriding CNAME and OTHER rule
2 msg	RPM for bind-9.4
1 msg	global option overriding zone option - sort of
3 msg	Odd result for a redeleageted domain
6 msg	BIND 9.4.1-P1 freezes randomly on FreeBSD 6.1
7 msg	Permission denied & Network is unreachable ...
11 msg	Blocking DoS on Bind9
2 msg	Examples/Documentation of bind9.4 libs
3 msg	Re: BIND 9.2.9 Beta 1 is now available.

Subject:	Re: Allowing zone xfer to slave server -SOLVED
Group:	Bind-users
From:	Mark Andrews
Date:	31 Aug 2007

> For the 2nd time in one week Im embarassed to admit how this was resolved bu
> t I figure it could help someone else down the road.
>
> I was updating the dss.la.gov zone file on the primary DNS server and append
> ing the new DNS records to the end of the file.
>
> I would then go back to the slave server and tail the zone file and wait for
> it to appear. It never would.
>
> I finally did a cat on the zone file on the secondary server and noticed that
> the serial # was updating but for some reason my records weren't being added
> . I took a closer look at the zone file on the secondary server and noticed t
> he DNS records were being sorted sorted alphabetically so my record that star
> ted with a "R" wasn't going to appear on the bottom. I had been tailing the z
> one file waiting for it to appear at the bottom just like I added it on the p
> rimary server the whole time.
>
> So, I spent a day thinking things weren't working when in fact they were.
>
> /hides
>
> Thx..

AXFR/IXFR doesn't transfer the file. It transfers the data
that makes the zone contents.

You arn't the first make this mistake and you won't be the
last.

Mark
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