[ILUG] DNS problems

[Dave Rynne]

> > > > 
> > > > rndc -s host reload
> > > > 
> > > > tail -f /var/log/messages
> > > > 
> > > > May  7 08:35:21 leviathan named[22884]: loading
> > > > configuration from '/etc/named.conf'
> > > > May  7 08:35:21 leviathan named[22884]: no IPv6
> > > > interfaces found
> > > > May  7 08:35:46 leviathan named[22884]: lame
> > > server
> > > > resolving 'www.mydomain.ie' (in 'mydomain.ie'?):
> > > > 194.x.x.x#53
> > > > May  7 08:35:46 leviathan last message repeated
> > 2
> > > > times
> > > > 

Is this all you syslog after a reload/restart ? Anything at all
above master/slave zones being loaded ?

> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > ps auxw|less
> > > > 
> > > > named    22884  0.0  1.4 40824 3636 ? May06  
> > 0:56
> > > > /usr/sbin/named -u named -t /var/named/chroot

Here you're telling bind to start chroot'd into /var/named/chroot.

> > > > 
> > > > Here's named.conf:

In what directory is this named.conf ?

> > > > 
> > > > // generated by named-bootconf.pl
> > > > 
> > > > options {
> > > >        directory "/var/named";

As you're chroot'd that directory translates to
/var/named/chroot/var/named/

Does that directory exist ? And if so what's in it ? Odds are
you'll find a named.conf with no reference to your zones.

> > > > //
> > > > // set ourselves as primary server for the zone
> > > > //
> > > > zone "mydomain.ie" {
> > > >        type master;
> > > >        file "db.zoneinfo";

Remember as you're chroot'd that file will need to be in
/var/named/chroot/var/named/ - and not in /var/named/

> > > > 
> > > > Here's /var/named/db.zoneinfo:

i.e. not here ;)

> > > > [root at calisto root]# tail -f /var/log/messages
> > > > May  7 13:07:31 calisto named[23381]: zone
> > > > mydomain.ie/IN: expired
> > > > May  7 13:07:31 calisto named[23381]: zone
> > > > x.x.194.in-addr.arpa/IN: refresh:
> > > non-authoritative
> > > > answer from master 194.x.x.x#53
> > > > May  7 13:07:31 calisto named[23381]: zone
> > > > irelands-web.ie/IN: refresh: non-authoritative
> > > answer
> > > > from master 194.125.22.1#53

As you'd expect - secondary only has old copies of the zones as
the master does not appear to know about them.

Dave