[Pdns-users] Help! Various issues with DNS Settings (Mainly S OA)

[Napier James]

Thanks for the info.

This is all getting me very confused, as it appears that the ISP that
ns2.dnsfusion.com is running on is in some way messing with/replying to my
queries. 

Check out this again
http://www.dnsreport.com/tools/dnsreport.ch?domain=dnsfusion.com

About half way down, look at the 'INFO | Name Server Version' section:

212.69.46.62: "Served by POWERDNS 2.9.16 $Id: packethandler.cc,v 1.24
2004/02/08 10:43:50 ahu Exp $"
81.6.222.234: "Nildram DNSv0.9"

Nildram DNS!!!! Nildram is the ISP that serves ns2!



-----Original Message-----
From: Ben Kennedy [mailto:ben at zygoat.ca]
Sent: 20 August 2004 16:05
To: Napier James; 'pdns-users at mailman.powerdns.com'
Subject: Re: [Pdns-users] Help! Various issues with DNS Settings (Mainly
SOA)


On 20 8 2004 at 9:48 am -0400, Napier James wrote:

>You'll have to excuse me if some of my questions are a bit lame,

Bit of a pun there?... 8)

>What is the difference between the Generic MySQL and the  PDNS MySQL
>backends?

I gather from the docs that the "non-generic" backend is obsolete but for
some reason has a confusingly similar name and is still packaged.  Use
the gmysql one.

>I will be performing replication using  MySQL, so as i understand,
>i only need NATIVE support?

Correct.

>First i get a WARNING saying that my servers are reporting  different NS
>records. As i said above, the database is now  exactly the same.

I think this is due to the second problem, see below.  The ttl returned
by ns2 is counting down each time, which suggests it has a cached answer
from a different server, while the ttl returned by ns1 is constant (as it
ought to be).

>Second i get a FAIL saying that one of my name servers is  'lame' and is
not
>answering authoritivly for the zone (this  is ns2.dnsfusion.com) that it
>appears to be complaining  about. What is all that about?

ns2 is not responding authoritatively.  You probably have it configured
as a slave -- don't!  Configure it as a primary, exactly the same as you
have configured ns1.

>Thirdly i get a FAIL saying that my name servers do not  agree on the SOA
>serial. The serial 1092858712 was what i  had listed on ns2.dnsfusion.com
>before i deleted everything  and started again with an exact copy of the
>database from  ns1.dnsfusion.com where the serial is 2004082001. 
>After several restarts, it still does not seem to recognise that i have
>changed the SOA serial to be exactly the same on both servers!

Not quite sure what the deal is here.  However, there are two obvious
things I would check:
- is the local mysql database on ns2 reflecting up to date data?
- if so, are you sure the server is getting data from the db?

>All help is greatly appreciated, and if you are a PHP coder  with PowerDNS
>experience, let me know because i might be  able to put some work your
>way!!!

I am a php/perl coder, and though I am relatively new to pdns (in the
last couple of months), I'm digging it, and working on some similar
integration scripts/tools myself for my systems as well.  Feel free to
get in touch.

-ben

-- 
Ben Kennedy, chief magician
zygoat creative technical services
613-228-3392 | 1-866-466-4628
http://www.zygoat.ca



______________________________________________________________________
This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System.
For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email 
______________________________________________________________________

The information in this e:mail and any attachments or any 
reproduction of this e:mail in whatever manner is confidential 
and for the use of the addressee(s) only.  If you are not the 
addressee then the distribution, use or reproduction of this 
e:mail or the information within it is strictly prohibited and 
may be unlawful.  If received in error please advise the 
sender and delete all record of it from your system.  
Although believed to be virus free, accurate and complete,  
responsibility for any loss or cost arising from its receipt or 
use or its incomplete or inaccurate transmission is hereby 
excluded to the fullest extent possible. 

________________________________________________________________________
This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs Email
Security System. For more information on a proactive email security
service working around the clock, around the globe, visit
http://www.messagelabs.com
________________________________________________________________________