DNS problem

merlin371 · 07-27-2003, 05:27 PM

I have set up the DNS records on my computer for my domain merlin371.org but when i try to fqury my domain i get an error message that says

Loop detected! Probable cause is lame delegation to server with cached NS data

how do i get rid of the loop and do I need two different IP one for the prymary DNS and one for the web hosting i have the soncondary DNS set to be the one of the registar company they allow that

Corin · 07-27-2003, 06:42 PM

From the O'Reilly book "DNS and Bind" page 165

...delegating a zone to any name server not authoritative for that zone --
is known as lame delegation.

Does the error occur for you domain?

If so check the configuration of your zone file for lines indicating a primary nameserver or secondary nameserver which is not actually authoritative for that zone.

merlin371 · 07-27-2003, 07:04 PM

i don't know what to change i put my registar nameserver as SOA and still I have the same problem should I i check my DNS here http://www.squish.net/dnscheck/ should I put my server as Secondary or Primary DNS for the domain

Corin · 07-28-2003, 04:39 PM

Has the registrar for your domain, whom you have indicated as SOA, updated their records yet?

If they have not yet updated their servers to include your information,
then they will not yet be authoritative, and hence the problem.

merlin371 · 07-28-2003, 04:50 PM

i ask them about that they replied saying that they don't allow that but on the home page it says free second DNS service, and they said that's only for a reseller account i found a free second dns server at ww.secondary.org now i have to wait till it updates

jvds · 07-28-2003, 04:58 PM

Just looking over your domain and none of you DNS servers are respondning..

213.94.225.5 seems to be alive but when I try to query it I get a timeout

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merlin371 · 07-28-2003, 05:14 PM

I always get the query time out too but i don't know what it is i set up everything like it says plus if you try to connect to that ip straight trough the browser like if it was an internet address it works

jvds · 07-28-2003, 05:18 PM

Try doing the following

In one windows

"tail -f /var/log/messages"

In another do

/etc/init.d/named stop
/etc/init.d/named start (it mght also be /etc/init.d/bind)

See if any errors are chucked up

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merlin371 · 07-28-2003, 05:34 PM

whe i stop it it says stopping named ant then when i type start it says named already runnning

merlin371 · 07-28-2003, 05:38 PM

i just tried typing in ns1.merlin371.org (wich is my dns server) in browser and it showed me the apache test page wich is what i should see but if i do www.merlin371.org it doesn't work

jvds · 07-28-2003, 05:44 PM

Do you know which version of bind you have installed?

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merlin371 · 07-28-2003, 05:58 PM

i think is the latest version i got it win redhat 9