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From: brian@shift.lan.awfulhak.org (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: A strange DNS occurrence...
Date: 18 Mar 1997 14:43:03 GMT
Organization: Awfulhak Ltd.
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In article <doug-1503971637150001@pb.injapan.net>,
doug@inJapan.net (Doug Lerner) writes:
> We have been using named for over a year now with no problem. Tonight we
> encountered something very strange. I hope somebody can help with this
> mystery...
>
> We have three domains... domain1.com, domain2.com, domain3.com.
>
> In our /etc/ns directory we have three database files for them:
>
> db.domain1
> db.domain2
> db.domain3
>
> We have often added and changed records as needed, being sure to
> increment the serial number each time and doing a kill -HUP on the named
> process to reload it.
>
> Today...we made some additions to db.domain3. The changes were correctly
> reflected throughout our local network and, using nslookup, I was able
> to confirm that the changes were visible from outside name servers as
> well.
>
> However, when I tried making changes to db.domain2, even though the
> changes were correctly reflected throughout our local network, using
> nslookup none of the changes were visible from outside. The new records
> I added were as though they did not exist, to the outside only.
>
> Can anybody think of a reason why this might be so?
>
> Thanks, in advance...
>
> Doug Lerner, Tokyo
> doug@inJapan.net
It depends on when the "outside" nameservers decide it's necessary to
reload from your nameserver. Hang around and wait for your "refresh"
interval to exprire, then ask the other nameservers.
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour !