If you have "check-mx fail;" in named.conf then the zone will not load and you will get SERVFAIL. The default is "check-mx warn;".
12-Nov-2013 07:40:07.546 zone jeffdiss.org/IN: jeffdiss.org/MX 'mail.jeffdiss.org' has no address records (A or AAAA) 12-Nov-2013 07:40:07.546 zone jeffdiss.org/IN: not loaded due to errors. I would check the log files on the server and address any errors/warnings reported then try again. Also be explicit when you want to check a master server and use @server to make sure you are talking to the machine you think you are and +norec so referrals are returned. Additionally you should show the relevent parts of named.conf when asking for help as the contents affect how named treats the zone. options { pid-file none; check-mx fail; }; zone "jeffdiss.org" { type master; file "junk"; }; Mark In message <8b04639343ffed47b61063517bd9b1f1296b5...@uvuexchmb1.ad.uvu.edu>, "S. Jeff Cold" writes: > > I have two DNS servers both running Debian Linux 7.2.0, BIND 9.8.4 in a > private LAN. I set up an unregistered domain to see how things would > run. When I run dig on the domain just to see if it will resolve, I get > this error: > > ; <<>> DiG 9.8.4-rpz2+rl005.12-P1 <<>> jeffdiss.org > ;; global options: +cmd > ;; Got answer: > ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: SERVFAIL, id: 22495 > ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0 > > ;; QUESTION SECTION: > ;jeffdiss.org. IN A > > ;; Query time: 0 msec > ;; SERVER: 192.168.1.50#53(192.168.1.50) > ;; WHEN: Mon Nov 11 10:05:10 2013 > ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 30 > > BIND's configuration file is : > > $TTL 3600 > $ORIGIN jeffdiss.org. > ; Start of Authority record defining the key characteristics of the zone > (domain) > @ IN SOA server1.jeffdiss.org. zonemaster.jeffdiss.org. ( > 2013110701 ; serial, todays date + serial num > 7200 ; refresh, seconds > 540 ; retry, seconds > 604800 ; expire, seconds > 86400 ; minimum, seconds > ) > > ; name servers Resources Records (RR) for the domain > IN NS server1.jeffdiss.org. > > ; the second name server > IN NS server2.jeffdiss.org. > > ; mail server Resource Records (RR) for the domain > 3w IN MX 10 mail.jeffdiss.org. > > ; domain hosts includes NS and MX records defined above plus any others > required > server1 IN A 192.168.1.50 > server2 IN A 192.168.1.51 > www IN A 192.168.1.51 > > This seems simple enough. I'm running dig from the primary DNS server > itself and I'm thinking I should be able to get an answer for > jeffdiss.org. Can someone point me in the right direction? > > Jeff > > -- Mark Andrews, ISC 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: ma...@isc.org _______________________________________________ Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe from this list bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users