[Pdns-users] MAJOR Problem

Matthew Walker mwalker at kydance.net
Wed Apr 23 02:21:46 UTC 2003


After upgrading to 2.9.7, I've discovered what appears to be a MAJOR bug.
The bind backend no longer parses wildcard CNAMES (possibly any
wildcards...) from the zone files. This is a very big deal for me, and
definately a showstopper at this point.

Please respond ASAP.

Matthew Walker

Matthew Walker said:
> In the process of continueing to work on the problem myself, I noticed
> that the Generic Install tarball isn't up to date, so I downloaded the
> source tarball, and installed that. So far, my problems seem to be solved.
> I'll let you know if I have anymore problems.
>
> Matthew Walker said:
>> I'm managing a DNS server that hosts ~200 domains for my company, and
>> we're switching from BIND to pdns to get the enhanced functionality.
>> Since we're still in a conversion state, we're using the BIND backend to
>> keep using our old zone files until we're comfortable switching to a
>> MySQL backend.
>>
>> 90% of the domains are working just fine, but for a few of the zones,
>> the server is claiming it isn't authoritative. There is nothing
>> different about these domains that I can find, and I was hoping someone
>> could offer me some advice about where to look.
>>
>> Information:
>>
>> OS: Linux 2.4.20 (Gentoo)
>> DNS Version: 2.8 (Linux Generic .tar.gz)
>> Monitor Address: http://216.190.203.133:8081/
>> Zone file for one of the problem domains:
>>
>> -----------------------
>> $ORIGIN .
>> $TTL 259200     ; 3 days
>> mioplex-ogoplex-pure-extract.com.       IN SOA  ns1.kydance.net.
>> root.kydance.net. (
>>                                 2003042202 ; serial
>>                                 28800      ; refresh (8 hours)
>>                                 7200       ; retry (2 hours)
>>                                 2419200    ; expire (4 weeks)
>>                                 86400      ; minimum (1 day)
>>                                 )
>>                         NS      ns1.kydance.net.
>>                         NS      ns2.kydance.net.
>>                         NS      ns3.kydance.net.
>>                         NS      ns4.kydance.net.
>>                         A       216.190.203.211
>>                         MX      10 mail.mthmarketing.com.
>>                                 ; Don't modify the mail line anymore
>>
>> localhost               A       127.0.0.1
>> www                     CNAME   vhosting.mthmarketing.com.
>>                                 ; Don't modify this either.
>> -----------------------
>>
>> NS1 and NS2 are technically both the same machine, which is the one
>> running pdns. ns3 and ns4 are BIND servers that are set up as slave
>> zones.
>>
>> Any input would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Matthew Walker
>> ePliant Marketing
>>
>>
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