[CentOS] named is up but does not respond to queries
Les Mikesell
lesmikesell at gmail.com
Wed Aug 24 16:45:47 UTC 2005
On Wed, 2005-08-24 at 10:34, Arun K. Khan wrote:
> CentOS 4.1/bind-9.2.4-2.
>
> I have named serving as a cache DNS server plus SOA for a local intranet
> zone.
>
> The problem I am encountering - over a period of time it stops
> responding to queries.
> (from 192.168.1.150)
> $ host www.yahoo.com 192.168.1.21
> ;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached
>
> # nmapfe of 192.168.1.21 (from 192.168.1.150)
> (The 1208 ports scanned but not shown below are in state:
> closed)
> PORT STATE SERVICE
> 22/tcp open ssh
> 25/tcp open smtp
> 53/tcp open domain
>
> (ssh'd into named server using IP# 192.168.1.21)
> # service named status
> rndc: recv failed: operation canceled
It looks like it can't reach the root servers. It has a private
address - could you have a problem with your NAT gateway to the
internet? How about your local firewalling on 53/udp to let
the responses back?
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Les Mikesell
lesmikesell at gmail.com
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