Re: (Non)Authoritatiev DNS

["Jeff Hogg" <tastin blkbox com>]

-----Original Message-----
From: A.J. Werkman <werkman worldonline nl nl>
To: redhat-install-list redhat com <redhat-install-list redhat com>
Date: Wednesday, December 22, 1999 4:12 PM
Subject: Re: (Non)Authoritatiev DNS


>At 15:54 22-12-99 -0600, you wrote:
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: A.J. Werkman <werkman worldonline nl nl>
>>To: redhat-install-list redhat com <redhat-install-list redhat com>
>>Date: Wednesday, December 22, 1999 3:43 PM
>>Subject: (Non)Authoritatiev DNS
>>You got the non-authoratative answer because the host has been looked up
>>before.  Instead of looking to find the answer elsewhere, your DNS server
is
>>just giving you the answer from its local cache.  It's nothing to worry
>>about.
>>
>
>That is the information that the DNS bible of O'Reilly also gives, but even
>the first lookup was non-authoritative. The DNS check with my
>domain-registry fails because of non-authoritative answers. And successive
>lookups within the other domain always give authoritative answers. So I
>think there is more than this.
>
You might try setting DNS to drop its cache more often then.. Beyond that,
I'd be guessing without being able to see the files involved..  Post those
if they aren't too long.  Good luck.

Jeff Hogg