Re: Reverse lookup
Hi,
On Tue, 8 Apr 2003, BEGIN, Thomas wrote:
> (fec0:0:0:1::2 is one of the site-local addresses of my machine (DNS server))
> e.g. host fec0:0:0:1::2 gives me:
> Host \[xFEC00000000000010000000000000002].ip6.arpa not found: 2(serverfail)
>
> First I realized that even if I tried to use ip6.int suffix in the
> configuration files, the message error keeps the same - Host
> \[xFEC00000000000010000000000000002].ip6.arpa not found: 2(serverfail)
> !!!
.int zones are depracated even if it is a good idea to still have both of
them in the server for sometime.
>
> Secondly, by sniffing with ethereal the packets, I've seen that the
> query is well sent to the computer (loop back) but no response is given
> and then computer tries to ask root DNS...
Please check /var/log/syslog while you stop and start bind.
It looks to me that your dns is not loading the zone files....
...possibly due to:
> ; $ORIGIN 1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.c.e.f.ip6.arpa.
> $ORIGIN 1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.c.e.f.ip6.int.
Try to rip them out. Setting up a secondary dns server with the $ORIGIN
specified in the zone file on the master gave us headache.
Fabio
PS just a wild guess..
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drac (1.11-7) unstable; urgency=low
* added IPv6 patch from the great IPv6 Team
-- Noel Koethe <noel@debian.org> Sun, 9 Feb 2003 19:33:00 +0100
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