Subject: Re: bin/2943: named doesn't work if forwarder is used
To: None <netbsd-bugs@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Matthias Scheler <tron@lyssa.owl.de>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 11/18/1996 11:30:34
In article <199611180939.JAA09646@aire.ncl.ac.uk>,
"J.D.Coleman" <J.D.Coleman@newcastle.ac.uk> writes:
>> 1.) It's a bug in BIND 4.9.3-P1
>> 2.) NetBSD's name server and resolver library don't match.
>
> These messages appear because the code in BIND 4.9.3 (by default) generates
> error messages when it detects a DNS problem.
It doesn't only generate an error message, the lookup doesn't work.
> There was a discussion on the newsgroup (comp.protocols.tcp-ip.domains)
> about this 12 months ago or so. In later versions, the option is off by
> default - which is why you don't see the problem in 4.9.5.
With 4.9.5 the lookup works.
> This isn't a bug in NetBSD.
It's a bug in in its bind code.
> You might like to check your DNS setup.
I know how to setup DNS and I checked those two configurations for hours.
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Matthias Scheler
tron@lyssa.owl.de