Set the masterfile-format. Slaves default to raw,
masters default to text.
masterfile-format ( text | raw );
Mark
In message <535f4bb2.6000...@theo-andreou.org>, Theodotos Andreou writes:
> Hello to all,
>
> I have a task to clone a black box IPAM to a bind DNS server. Actually
> the black box is using bind in the backend but the manufacturer does not
> provide any shell access. Only a crappy GUI. So I do not have access to
> the text zone files. Just the GUI.
>
> In order to clone all the zones from the original DNS to the clone, I
> setup a bind in slave config and allowed zone transfers for it. This is
> a sample config:
>
> /etc/bind/named.conf.local:
>
> ... Output omitted ...
>
> zone "16.2.10.in-addr.arpa" {
> type slave;
> file "db.16.2.10.in-addr.arpa";
> masters { 10.1.12.61; };
> };
>
> zone "24.3.10.in-addr.arpa" {
> type slave;
> file "db.24.3.10.in-addr.arpa";
> masters { 10.1.12.61; };
> };
>
> ... Output omitted ...
>
> After bind restart, the zone transfers an all zones are completed
> successfully. The resultant files are some sort of binary:
>
> # file /var/cache/bind/db.24.3.10.in-addr.arpa
> /var/cache/bind/db.24.3.10.in-addr.arpa: data
>
> Now to promote the server to master I changed the configuration to:
>
> /etc/bind/named.conf.local:
>
> ... Output omitted ...
>
> zone "16.2.10.in-addr.arpa" {
> type master;
> file "db.16.2.10.in-addr.arpa";
> };
>
> zone "24.3.10.in-addr.arpa" {
> type master;
> file "db.24.3.10.in-addr.arpa";
> };
>
> ... Output omitted ...
>
> But when I restart bind I get a lot of errors like this:
>
> named[19773]: dns_master_load: db.24.3.10.in-addr.arpa:1: syntax error
> named[19773]: zone 24.3.10.in-addr.arpa/IN: loading from master file db.24.3
> .10.in-addr.arpa failed: syntax error
> named[19773]: zone 24.3.10.in-addr.arpa/IN: not loaded due to errors.
>
> Apparently the systems expects to see a zone file in text format but
> because it's in binary it fails. I also tested it with:
>
> # named-checkzone 24.3.10.in-addr.arpa /var/cache/bind/db.24.3.10.in-addr.arp
> ... Output omitted ...
> dns_master_load: /var/cache/bind/db.24.3.10.in-addr.arpa:16: syntax error
> dns_master_load: /var/cache/bind/db.24.3.10.in-addr.arpa:16: syntax error
> dns_master_load: /var/cache/bind/db.24.3.10.in-addr.arpa:16: syntax error
> dns_master_load: /var/cache/bind/db.24.3.10.in-addr.arpa:16: syntax error
> dns_master_load: /var/cache/bind/db.24.3.10.in-addr.arpa:16: syntax error
> dns_master_load: /var/cache/bind/db.24.3.10.in-addr.arpa:16: syntax error
> dns_master_load: /var/cache/bind/db.24.3.10.in-addr.arpa:17: syntax error
> /var/cache/bind/db.24.3.10.in-addr.arpa: file does not end with newline
> zone 24.3.10.in-addr.arpa/IN: loading from master file /var/cache/bind/db.24.3
> .10.in-addr.arpa failed: syntax error
> zone 24.3.10.in-addr.arpa/IN: not loaded due to errors.
>
> I know I must be doing something fundamentally wrong here but I couldn't
> find a guide how to do this properly. Any ideas?
>
> I am using bind version 9.9.5-3-Ubuntu ( the stock binary that comes
> with Ubuntu 14.04 64 bit) and the compiled parameters are:
> named[7817]: built with '--prefix=/usr' '--mandir=/usr/share/man'
> '--infodir=/usr/share/info' '--sysconfdir=/etc/bind'
> '--localstatedir=/var' '--enable-threads' '--enable-largefile'
> '--with-libtool' '--enable-shared' '--enable-static'
> '--with-openssl=/usr' '--with-gssapi=/usr' '--with-gnu-ld'
> '--with-geoip=/usr' '--with-atf=no' '--enable-ipv6' '--enable-rrl'
> '--enable-filter-aaaa' 'CFLAGS=-fno-strict-aliasing -DDIG_SIGCHASE -O2'
>
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