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Re: named config

Subject: Re: named config
From: Tony van der Hoff <news@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:58:45 +0100
Newsgroups: uk.comp.os.linux

On 29 Jul at 16:22 Bruce Richardson <itsbruce@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Tony van der Hoff <news@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
> > Jul 29 11:51:03 tony-lx named[2441]: client 192.168.10.10#56047:
> > updating zone 'magpieway.net/IN': update unsuccessful:
> > TONY-XP.magpieway.net/A: 'RRset exists (value dependent)' prerequisite
> > not satisfied (NXRRSET) Jul 29 11:51:03 tony-lx named[2441]: client
> > 192.168.10.10#65194: update 'magpieway.net/IN' denied
>>
> > magpieway.net is my local domain, and 192.168.10.10 is my (win XP
> > wireless) laptop; the IP is assigned via DHCP, and should reverse
> > resolve as tony-lw.magpieway.net, but doesn't (It's not in the zone
> > file, of course).
>>
> > The question: What does this message mean, and how do I make it go away,
> > and how do I get my zone file updated with dhcp clients?
>
> It looks to me as if your DHCP server is trying to send dynamic updates
> and your nameserver is rejecting these updates because it is not
> configured to accept them.  You do have to configure bind explicitly to
> allow this.  The bind documentation does cover it but here's a friendly
> article on the subject:
>
> mages/online/training/computer-trainin.html
>

Thanks for that, Bruce; I figured it would be something like that. The BIND
documentation hurts my head.

Could you perhaps review that link? I tried .../computer-training.htm, but
no joy.

Cheers, Tony

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