Re: named entries in /var/log/messages

[Keith Morse <kgmorse mpcu com>]

On Sun, 31 Oct 1999, Bret Hughes wrote:

> > > RNXD=245 RFwdR=4523 RDupR=4 RFail=27 RFErr=0 RErr=0 RAXFR=0 RLame=39
> > > ROpts=0 SSysQ=862 SAns=3528 SFwdQ=4164 SDupQ=1570 SErr=2 RQ=7557 RIQ=0
> > > RFwdQ=0 RDupQ=201 RTCP=2 SFwdR=4523 SFail=0 SFErr=0 SNaAns=3487 SNXD=96
> > >
> > 
> > Don't know if you're asking about these or not.  If so, bind purges it's
> > resource record lookups once an hour. The above are stats from the purge.
> > It is normal operations for bind.
> > 
> > > --
> > > Todd A. Jacobs
> > > Network Systems Engineer
> > >
> > >
> 
> Should I care about these?  I find it irritating to have my log filled
> up  with these and no knowlege whether or not the messges are telling me
> something I need to know.
> 
> Bret

Only if you find value in them. I would if trouble shooting DNS issues.
Again, I believe you can prevent these by entering the correct option in
named.conf.

http://www.isc.org/products/BIND/docs/config/logging.html defines how one
would go about modifying standard behaviour.