endless "sysquery: no addrs found for root"
Tony Frank
tfrank at optushome.com.au
Thu Feb 19 23:35:55 PST 2004
Hi,
On Thu, Feb 19, 2004 at 10:25:04PM -0600, John wrote:
> OK. I'm stumped.
Hopefully we can help.
> This is on a FreeBSD 4.9-STABLE system with named 8.3.7-REL
Fairly standard setup.
tony at marvin [119]:/usr/src> uname -a
FreeBSD marvin.home.local 4.9-STABLE FreeBSD 4.9-STABLE #122: Fri Jan 23 08:52:48 EST 2004 root@:/data/ad3/obj/usr/src/sys/MARVIN i386
Fri Feb 20 18:26:15 EST 2004
tony at marvin [120]:/usr/src> named -v
named 8.3.7-REL Fri Jan 23 17:43:07 EST 2004
tony at marvin.home.local:/data/ad3/obj/usr/src/usr.sbin/named
> I have set up a pretty basic named.conf file:
>
> options {
> directory "/etc/namedb";
>
> forwarders {
> 64.81.159.2;
> 216.231.41.2;
> };
>
> zone "." {
> type hint;
> file "named.root";
> };
>
> zone "0.0.127.IN-ADDR.ARPA" {
> type master;
> file "localhost.rev";
> };
>
> zone "0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.IP6.INT" {
> type master;
> file "localhost-v6.rev";
> };
>
> When I try to start named with this config, the log file shows
> Feb 19 22:16:50 jsrh named[177]: starting (/etc/namedb/named.conf). named 8.3.7-REL Tue Feb 17 15:01:48 CST 2004 john at dexter.starfire.mn.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/usr.sbin/named
> Feb 19 22:16:50 jsrh named[178]: Ready to answer queries.
>
> but then I get an endless stream of
> Feb 19 22:16:58 jsrh named[178]: sysquery: no addrs found for root NS (K.ROOT-SERVERS.NET)
>
> for each one of the root name servers. Just for grins, I downloaded the
> lastest named.root file, but that didn't help (of course). I also dropped
> the firewall, but that didn't help, either.
>
> When I run nslookup with the name nameservers listed as in the forwarders,
> I'm able to make queries from this same system, including resolving
> the root NS entries that are generating all these errors.
>
> I'm clearly assuming something I shouldn't, or think I know something I
> don't - because this just doesn't make sense to me.
fyi I do not get this kind of error, but then I have "forward-only" configured
in my options section to send all queries to my ISP DNS servers instead of
querying root servers direct. See below.
log messages at startup:
%%%%
Feb 19 17:39:48 marvin named[28890]: starting (/etc/namedb/named.conf). named 8.3.7-REL Fri Jan 23 17:43:07 EST 2004 tony at marvin.home.local:/data/ad3/obj/usr/src/usr.sbin/named
Feb 19 17:39:49 marvin named[28890]: limit files set to fdlimit (1024)
Feb 19 17:39:49 marvin named[28890]: hint zone "" (IN) loaded (serial 0)
Feb 19 17:39:49 marvin named[28890]: master zone "0.0.127.IN-ADDR.ARPA" (IN) loaded (serial 20020407)
Feb 19 17:39:49 marvin named[28890]: master zone "1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.IP6.ARPA" (IN) loaded (serial 20020407)
Feb 19 17:39:49 marvin named[28890]: master zone "1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.IP6.INT" (IN) loaded (serial 20020407)
Feb 19 17:39:49 marvin named[28890]: master zone "home.local" (IN) loaded (serial 2004021902)
Feb 19 17:39:49 marvin named[28890]: master zone "168.192.in-addr.arpa" (IN) loaded (serial 2004021902)
Feb 19 17:39:49 marvin named[28890]: listening on [192.168.3.2].53 (fxp0)
Feb 19 17:39:49 marvin named[28890]: listening on [127.0.0.1].53 (lo0)
Feb 19 17:39:49 marvin named[28890]: Forwarding source address is [0.0.0.0].53
Feb 19 17:39:49 marvin named[28891]: Ready to answer queries.
%%%%
The only subsequent messages I get (hourly) are:
%%%%
Feb 20 07:39:49 marvin named[28891]: Cleaned cache of 8 RRsets
Feb 20 08:39:49 marvin named[28891]: Cleaned cache of 2 RRsets
Feb 20 09:39:49 marvin named[28891]: Cleaned cache of 5 RRsets
%%%%
The named.root I have is the stock file installed by FreeBSD:
; $FreeBSD: src/etc/namedb/named.root,v 1.9.2.1 2002/11/06 09:24:12 dougb Exp $
For reference, my named.conf is:
%%%%
acl allowed_sources {
localhost;
localnets;
};
options {
directory "/etc/namedb";
forward only;
forwarders {
198.142.0.66; // dns01.meb.optusnet.com.au
203.2.75.108; // dns01.syd.optusnet.com.au
211.29.132.154; // dns07.syd.optusnet.com.au
};
query-source address * port 53;
listen-on port 53 {
127.0.0.1;
192.168.3.2;
};
allow-query { allowed_sources; };
};
key DHCP_UPDATER {
algorithm HMAC-MD5.SIG-ALG.REG.INT;
secret ****** ;
};
zone "." {
type hint;
file "named.root";
};
zone "0.0.127.IN-ADDR.ARPA" {
type master;
file "localhost.rev";
};
zone "1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.IP6.ARPA" {
type master;
file "localhost-v6.rev";
};
zone "1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.IP6.INT" {
type master;
file "localhost-v6.rev";
};
zone "home.local" {
type master;
notify no;
file "p/home.local";
allow-update { key DHCP_UPDATER; };
allow-transfer { 192.168.3.5; };
};
zone "168.192.in-addr.arpa" {
type master;
notify no;
file "p/168.192.in-addr.arpa";
allow-update { key DHCP_UPDATER; };
allow-transfer { 192.168.3.5; };
};
%%%%
Regards,
Tony
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