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1 JamesBraid 1 A DNS server which is supposed to be authoritative for a zone, but isnt.
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3 If you see something like this:
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4 MikeBeattie 5 Aug 7 00:57:37 colo named[[827]: lame server resolving '98.96-27.40.119.62.in-addr.arpa' (in '96-27.40.119.62.in-addr.arpa'?): 62.119.40.115#53
1 JamesBraid 6
7 in your BIND logs, then BIND has queried a lame server. In this case, 62.119.40.115 is mentioned as being authoritative somewhere for the zone 98.96-27.40.119.62.in-addr.arpa, but when BIND queries it, it discovers that 62.119.40.115 is not authoritative, and logs that message. The [SysAdmin] at the other end needs to get a clue and fix his DNS.
5 AndreiKoptev 8
6 AndreiKoptev 9 If you are an administrator and got tired from all these messages in your logs, you can easily disable this "lame server" logging once and for all. Just add the following directive in your /etc/named.conf (or whereever your named.conf is on your machine):
5 AndreiKoptev 10
6 AndreiKoptev 11 <pre>
5 AndreiKoptev 12 logging {
13 category lame-servers { null; };
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15 };
6 AndreiKoptev 16 </pre>
5 AndreiKoptev 17
18 That's it.
1 JamesBraid 19
20 See the [Weekly Lame Delegation report|http://www.cymru.com/DNS/lame.html]
3 MikeBeattie 21
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