Problems getting bind working on F11

[Tim]

On Sun, 2009-08-09 at 15:48 -0400, Braden McDaniel wrote:
> Thanks for that.  This is what I get when I try to look up something
> from a different machine on the local network:
> 
>         # dig front @192.168.1.20
>         
>         ; <<>> DiG 9.6.1-P1-RedHat-9.6.1-4.P1.fc11 <<>> front @192.168.1.20
>         ;; global options: +cmd
>         ;; Got answer:
>         ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: REFUSED, id: 5627
>         ;; flags: qr rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0
>         ;; WARNING: recursion requested but not available

The warning sounds like it tried to externally answer your query.  Try
doing a fully-qualified domain name query with dig.  That should work,
as it's supposed to be a master server for endoframe.net.

e.g. dig front.endoframe.net

I've never gotten dig to work with short hostnames, it seems to work at
a lower level than other things which will add on the domain names you
put in the search parameter in /etc/resolv.conf.  But, I'd expect no
answer, rather than refused.

Also try getting it to resolve an internet domain name, such as
example.com.  That should show whether it works as a full name server.
        
>         ;; QUESTION SECTION:
>         ;front.                         IN      A
>         
>         ;; Query time: 8 msec
>         ;; SERVER: 192.168.1.20#53(192.168.1.20)
>         ;; WHEN: Sun Aug  9 13:57:03 2009
>         ;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 23
> 
> So... "REFUSED"?  What might be the cause of that?

Have you opened port 53 on the name server's firewall?  Though, I'd
expect no answer, rather than a refused.


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