DNS (non authoritative ansewer)

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October 10th, 2001, 11:52 AM

sachin_gajanan

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DNS (non authoritative ansewer)

hi
i m trying to configure the Domain Name server on linux using BIND 8.2.5(rel). its configured but when i try nslookup "domain.com" it gives error "non authoritative answer"

it looks some thing like

Server : dns.server.com
address: 1.2.3.4

non authoratative answer
Name : domain.com
address: 4.5.6.7

i shell b greatful if somebody can help me out with this

thanks in advance

Regards
Sachin

October 10th, 2001, 12:19 PM

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Check your named log for any errors that may be occuring when named is loaded. A non authoratative answer means it either came from cache, a server that is not configured to host the domain, or if there is a configuration error.

October 10th, 2001, 01:54 PM

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>> it gives error "non authoritative answer"

That's not error and it's really normal.

>> or if there is a configuration error

Not at all. Unlike djbdns, BIND doesn't do recursive DNS lookup. When it tries to query for the answer, another DNS server (non-authoratative) may have the answer. So BIND blindly believe that's the correct answer. It's just a bad design in BIND software, you shouldn't worry about that error.

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