dns update problems

robmcw · 04-17-2003, 08:17 AM

Hi, all I have a primary dns server linux that is trying to
update a secondry dns server solaris 9 when named
starts on my primary (linux)and trys to do the update I get a
"client 128.1.4.194#32830: zone transfer 'aberdeen.soo.uk/IN' denied"
message. ftp/telnet are enabled on the solaris and it is also able to query the primary box without problem, it is just the updates
that do not get pushed through. I have checked permissions etc
and all looks ok. hosts and ip's are all ok too.

Any help would be most welcome....

Rob.

mdh · 05-09-2003, 02:43 AM

You may have to set the "allow transfer" option in named.conf on your master, with an ACL referencing your secondary

Say

acl secondaries {
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx ;
}

options {
directory "XXXXX/conf";
pid-file "/var/run/named.pid";
statistics-file "/var/run/named.stats";
dump-file "/var/run/named.db";

# Only allow zone transfers from our secondaries
allow-transfer { secondaries ; } ;
};

You can also specify this in the options for particular zones...

HTH

robmcw · 05-12-2003, 10:10 AM

Thank's ,that is exactly what the problem was. I have spent
many MINUTES banging my head against a wall on this one....