[H-GEN] DNS Problem - HELP !!!

Willie Yeo willie at ssc.qld.edu.au
Fri Jun 16 09:51:00 EDT 2000


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	I seem to have problems with my DNS server not being recognised by
my ownself as the authority. Therefore, I cannot seem to repreciate my
changes to the slave/secondary DNS server sitting at an ISP. But I am
authority of the domain ! RedHat Linux 6.1 Kernel 2.2.12.

	Any help appreciated !

[root at flowerbank named]# nslookup ssc.qld.edu.au
Server:  flowerbank.ssc.qld.edu.au
Address:  203.63.109.18

Non-authoritative answer:     <----------- Non-authoritative !!?!?
Name:    ssc.qld.edu.au
Address:  203.63.109.19

The dig info from an outside source :

------------>>>>>>>>>
[root at flowerbank named]# dig @janus.cqu.edu.au ssc.qld.edu.au

; <<>> DiG 8.2 <<>> @janus.cqu.edu.au ssc.qld.edu.au 
; (1 server found)
;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
;; got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 6
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 2
;; QUERY SECTION:
;;      ssc.qld.edu.au, type = A, class = IN

;; ANSWER SECTION:
ssc.qld.edu.au.         8h36m52s IN A   203.63.109.19

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
ssc.qld.edu.au.         14h24m38s IN NS  flowerbank.ssc.qld.edu.au.
ssc.qld.edu.au.         14h24m38s IN NS  ntserver.winshop.com.au.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
flowerbank.ssc.qld.edu.au.  15h4m38s IN A  203.63.109.18
ntserver.winshop.com.au.  18h33m52s IN A  203.22.127.1

;; Total query time: 114 msec
;; FROM: flowerbank.ssc.qld.edu.au to SERVER: janus.cqu.edu.au
138.77.1.23
;; WHEN: Fri Jun 16 23:43:03 2000
;; MSG SIZE  sent: 32  rcvd: 142
<<<<<<<------------

When I dig myself from my DNS server:

------------>>>>>>>

[root at flowerbank named]# dig @flowerbank ssc.qld.edu.au

; <<>> DiG 8.2 <<>> @flowerbank ssc.qld.edu.au 
; (1 server found)
;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
;; got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 6
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0
;; QUERY SECTION:
;;      ssc.qld.edu.au, type = A, class = IN

;; ANSWER SECTION:
ssc.qld.edu.au.         1D IN A         203.63.109.19

;; Total query time: 0 msec
;; FROM: flowerbank.ssc.qld.edu.au to SERVER: flowerbank  203.63.109.18
;; WHEN: Fri Jun 16 23:47:23 2000
;; MSG SIZE  sent: 32  rcvd: 48

<<<<<--------------

My DNS file :

@       IN      SOA     ssc.qld.edu.au. root.ssc.qld.edu.au. (
                                      2000040420 ; Serial
                                      10800      ; Refresh
                                      1800       ; Retry
                                      604800     ; Expire
                                      86400 )    ; Minimum

                NS      flowerbank.ssc.qld.edu.au.
                NS      ntserver.winshop.com.au.

                MX      10      athena.ssc.qld.edu.au.
                MX      20      flowerbank.ssc.qld.edu.au.
                MX      30      mail.winshop.com.au.

                TXT     "Saint Stephens College"

ssc.qld.edu.au.         IN      A       203.63.109.19

flowerbank      IN      A       203.63.109.18
athena          IN      A	203.63.109.19


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