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From: ishort@pcm.co.za (Irvine Short)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Named goes wobbly after a week or so
Date: Fri, 07 Feb 97 09:34:32 GMT
Organization: Professional Computer Manufacturers
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Hi All

I used to have this a while ago and someone suggested I look in messages 
and I found the messages below.

Soneone else said to make sure I was using the right root servers, so I 
ftp'd the file fresh ftp.rs.internic.net and all was well for months. This 
was running 2.1.0RELEASE. In the new year I did a fresh install of 2.1.5 
and just copied passwd and user data etc.

Feb  7 10:37:04 pcmgate named[69]: ns_req: no address for root server
Feb  7 10:37:06 pcmgate named[69]: ns_req: no address for root server

However the problem came back again.

If I kill named and restart it all is well again.

TIA 

Here's some more info:

bash# uptime
11:28AM  up 8 days, 21:43, 3 users, load averages: 0.33, 0.19, 0.10

Contents of relevant file:
; formerly NS.INTERNIC.NET
;
                        3600000  IN  NS    A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.      3600000      A     198.41.0.4
;
; formerly NS1.ISI.EDU
;
                        3600000      NS    B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.      3600000      A     128.9.0.107
;
; formerly C.PSI.NET
;
                        3600000      NS    C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.      3600000      A     192.33.4.12
;
; formerly TERP.UMD.EDU
;
                        3600000      NS    D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.      3600000      A     128.8.10.90
;
; formerly NS.NASA.GOV


Regards,
Irvine Short
Tech Support Professional Computer Manufacturers
Cape Town, South Africa. Email:ishort@pcm.co.za