Your message dated Wed, 3 Aug 2011 11:39:44 +0200
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and subject line Re: dnsutils: nsupdate can fail silently
has caused the Debian Bug report #177151,
regarding dnsutils: nsupdate can fail silently
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--- Begin Message ---
Package: dnsutils
Version: 1:9.2.1-4
Severity: important
An attempt to update a dns server (running on localhost)
can fail silently.
Note that the server has a zone called local,
but the DNS server is not configured to allow updates.
So, it's OK that the update fails, but it is a bug
that there is no error message or status.
gpk:/etc/cron.d# nsupdate
> update add foo.local 86400 A 192.168.1.5
> gpk:/etc/cron.d#
gpk:/etc/cron.d# host foo.local localhost
Using domain server:
Name: localhost
Address: 127.0.0.1#53
Aliases:
Host foo.local not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)
gpk:/etc/cron.d# nsupdate
> update add foo.local 86400 A 192.168.1.5
> gpk:/etc/cron.d# echo $?
0
Local zone is there, and served by localhost:
gpk:/etc/cron.d# host gpk.local
gpk.local has address 192.168.1.2
gpk:/etc/cron.d#
I took a dump of the DNS cache shortly thereafter,
and fgrepped it for "foo" and "local", and there
was nothing relevant. (This is expected, as
updating was not enabled.)
-- System Information
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux gpk 2.4.20 #8 Tue Dec 17 09:01:23 EST 2002 i686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=
Versions of packages dnsutils depends on:
ii bind9-host 1:9.2.1-4 Version of 'host' bundled with BIN
ii bind9-host [host] 1:9.2.1-4 Version of 'host' bundled with BIN
ii libc6 2.2.5-14.3 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libdns5 1:9.2.1-4 DNS Shared Library used by BIND
ii libisc4 1:9.2.1-4 ISC Shared Library used by BIND
ii liblwres1 1:9.2.1-4 Lightweight Resolver Library used
ii libssl0.9.6 0.9.6g-6 SSL shared libraries
--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message ---
Version: 1:9.7.3.dfsg-1~squeeze3
Closing this bug, as is a very old one on a version that is no more
shipped in Debian.
Tested with 1:9.7.3.dfsg-1~squeeze3 and a named server configured not to
accept updates. nsupdate then returns a "update failed: REFUSED" message.
bert.
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