Installing and Administering Internet Services

Chapter 3 139
Configuring and Administering the BIND Name Service
Troubleshooting the BIND Name Server
• After configuring the primary server for the first time, names in the
local domain cannot be found. Check the following:
— Problem 2, Syntax Errors
— Problem 1, Incorrect hosts_to_named Parameters
— Problem 8, Local Domain Not Set
• After configuring the primary server for the first time, names in the
local domain can be found, but names in remote domains fail. Check
the following:
— Problem 3, Missing Cache Information
— Problem 5, Network Connectivity
— Problem 7, Incorrect Delegation of Subdomain
• After configuring the local host to use a remote server, all name
lookups fail, or only names in the NIS or NIS+ database or
/etc/hosts are found. The server on the remote host is configured
properly. Check the following:
— Problem 4, Syntax Errors in /etc/resolv.conf
— Problem 8, Local Domain Not Set
— Problem 9, /etc/nsswitch.conf Not Configured Correctly
• A remote name lookup now fails that has completed successfully
before. Check the following:
— Problem 5, Network Connectivity
— Problem 2, Syntax Errors
— Problem 4, Syntax Errors in /etc/resolv.conf
— Problem 10, /etc/hosts or NIS or NIS+ Contains Incorrect Data
• A local name lookup now fails that has completed successfully before.
Check the following:
— Problem 2, Syntax Errors
— Problem 6, Secondary Master Unable to Load from Another
Master
— Problem 4, Syntax Errors in /etc/resolv.conf
— Problem 5, Network Connectivity