[Pdns-users] no AXFR to slaves

[Michiel van Es]

bert hubert wrote:

> On Sun, Jan 18, 2004 at 10:17:44PM +0100, Michiel van Es wrote:
> 
>>Hi I have a couple small questions.
>>a) can I completely switch from Bind to PowerDNS ? I used Bind as a 
>>master DNS server and for my internal LAN to forward all non authoritive 
>>answers to the root servers.
> 
> 
> DNS does not work like that, there is no 'forwarding to the rootservers'.
> However, in your case, you need to launch the pdns_recursor as well as the
> main pdns server, and point the main pdns server at your recursor. Then it
> will do everything.

That is working..thanks for your tip.

> 
> 
>>b) I am trying the PowerDNS package with PowerAdmin but when I update a 
>>zone (which is a master) I do not see any updates /AXFR's to the slave 
>>name servers:
> 
> 
> How do you know? Do you raise the SOA serial on update? PowerDNS does not
> notify its slaves otherwise.

It is updated automaticaly by poweradmin.

> 
> 
>>mysql> insert into domains (name,type) values ('domain.nl','MASTER');
>>ERROR 1062: Duplicate entry 'domain.nl' for key 2
>>
>>So the zone domain.nl is active as as master.
> 
> 
> Please show select * from domains, and select * from records of the relevant
> domain.

You are right:
they seem NATIVE:

mysql> select * from domains
     -> ;
+----+-------------------+--------+------------+--------+-----------------+---------+
| id | name              | master | last_check | type   | 
notified_serial | account |
+----+-------------------+--------+------------+--------+-----------------+---------+
|  1 | pcintelligence.nl | NULL   |       NULL | NATIVE | 
135521232 | NULL    |
|  2 | boebilas.nl       | NULL   |       NULL | NATIVE | 
NULL | NULL    |
|  3 | kamorkisdream.nl  | NULL   |       NULL | NATIVE | 
NULL | NULL    |
+----+-------------------+--------+------------+--------+-----------------+---------+
3 rows in set (0.00 sec)

But how to make them MASTER?
> 
> Thanks.
> 

Thanks for your help.

Regards,

Michiel