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Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2011 15:27:49 +0200
From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] SERVFAIL with bind; problems in named.conf?
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On Wed, 5 Oct 2011 05:06:27 -0400
Andrey Moshbear <andrey.vul@gmail.com> wrote:

> For bind, I have the following as named.conf:
> 
> acl "xfer" { none; };
> 
> acl "trusted" { 127.0.0.0/8; ::1/128; };
> 
> options {
>         directory "/var/bind";
>         pid-file "/var/run/named/named.pid";
> 
>         listen-on-v6 { none; };
>         listen-on port 53 { 127.0.0.1; 192.168.1.0/10; EXTERNAL_IP; };
> };
> 
> include "/etc/bind/rndc.key";
> controls { inet 127.0.0.1 port 953 allow { 127.0.0.1/32; ::1/128; }
> keys { "rndc-key"; }; };
> 
> zone "." in { type hint; file "/var/bind/root.cache"; };
> 
> zone "localhost" IN { type master; file "pri/localhost.zone"; notify
> no; };
> 
> zone "127.in-addr.arpa" IN { type master; file "pri/127.zone"; notify
> no; };
> 
> zone "moshbear.net" IN  { type master; file
> "/var/bind/pri/moshbear.net.zone"; allow-query { any; };
> allow-transfer { xfer; }; };
> // end of dump
> 
> The zone file does not have any errors.
> 
> Any reasons as to why "dig @127.0.0.1 moshbear.net" returns SERVFAIL?

What result does bind write to log files when it loads that zone?

SERVFAIL usually indicates something wrong with the zone and bind
refuses to load it.




> 
> --
> 001100 Andrey "m05hbear" Vul
> 010010
> 100001 andrey dot vul at gmail
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> 



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Alan McKinnnon
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