[Pdns-users] MAJOR Problem

[Matthew Walker]

Errr.... I'm starting to feel really silly talking to myself on this list...

Anyway, this latest issue was a false alarm. For some reason, another one of
our nameservers was caching the DNS info and answering instead of the pdns
server.

Matthew Walker said:
> 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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