Bind zone transfer refused
UPDATE:
BIND Version:
[[email protected]] $ named -v
BIND 9.3.6-P1-RedHat-9.3.6-16.P1.el5
Operating System:
CentOS release 5.6 (Final)
After running [[email protected]] $ dig @10.224.45.130 example.com. axfr:
Slave:
; <<>> DiG 9.3.6-P1-RedHat-9.3.6-16.P1.el5 <<>> @10.224.45.130 example.com. axfr
; (1 server found)
;; global options: printcmd
; Transfer failed.
Master:
28-Aug-2011 12:29:01.384 client 10.224.45.131#60553: query: example.com IN AXFR -
28-Aug-2011 12:29:01.384 client 10.224.45.131#60553: zone transfer 'example.com/AXFR/IN' denied
Same error message as before.
UPDATE 2:
[[email protected] ~] # iptables -L -n -v
Chain INPUT (policy DROP 30235 packets, 1747K bytes)
pkts bytes target prot opt in out source destination
171K 23M ACCEPT all -- lo * 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0
0 0 ACCEPT all -- tun0 * 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0
0 0 ACCEPT all -- tap0 * 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0
57196 6930K ACCEPT all -- br0 * 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0
688 57376 ACCEPT icmp -- * * 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 icmp type 8
37869 6120K ACCEPT all -- * * 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 state RELATED,ESTABLISHED
392 21216 ACCEPT tcp -- * * 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 tcp dpt:22
1 64 ACCEPT tcp -- * * 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 tcp dpt:53
74 5275 ACCEPT udp -- * * 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 udp dpt:53
0 0 ACCEPT tcp -- * * 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 tcp dpt:80
1 64 ACCEPT tcp -- * * 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 tcp dpt:110
0 0 ACCEPT tcp -- * * 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 tcp dpt:143
3 192 ACCEPT tcp -- * * 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 tcp dpt:389
0 0 ACCEPT tcp -- * * 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 tcp dpt:443
1 64 ACCEPT tcp -- * * 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 tcp dpt:465
1 64 ACCEPT tcp -- * * 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 tcp dpt:587
13 832 ACCEPT tcp -- * * 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 tcp dpt:636
0 0 ACCEPT udp -- * * 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 udp dpt:694
1 64 ACCEPT tcp -- * * 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 tcp dpt:843
1 64 ACCEPT tcp -- * * 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 tcp dpt:873
0 0 ACCEPT tcp -- * * 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 tcp dpt:953
119 7584 ACCEPT tcp -- * * 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 tcp dpt:993
0 0 ACCEPT udp -- * * 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 udp dpt:993
0 0 ACCEPT tcp -- * * 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 tcp dpt:1194
0 0 ACCEPT udp -- * * 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 udp dpt:1194
1 48 ACCEPT tcp -- * * 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 tcp dpt:3306
1 64 ACCEPT tcp -- * * 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 tcp dpt:5901
0 0 ACCEPT tcp -- * * 0.0.0.0/0 10.224.45.130 tcp dpt:10000
0 0 ACCEPT tcp -- * * 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 tcp dpt:11211
0 0 ACCEPT tcp -- * * 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 tcp dpt:11212
0 0 ACCEPT tcp -- * * 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 tcp dpt:11213
0 0 ACCEPT tcp -- * * 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 tcp dpt:11511
0 0 ACCEPT tcp -- * * 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 tcp dpt:11512
0 0 ACCEPT tcp -- * * 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 tcp dpt:11513
Chain FORWARD (policy DROP 0 packets, 0 bytes)
pkts bytes target prot opt in out source destination
2987 372K ACCEPT all -- br0 * 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0
0 0 ACCEPT all -- * br0 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0
0 0 ACCEPT tcp -- * * 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 tcp dpt:80
0 0 ACCEPT tcp -- * * 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 tcp dpt:443
Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT 246K packets, 37M bytes)
pkts bytes target prot opt in out source destination
I've probably looked at every single page regarding BIND master/slave setup, and I cannot for the life of me get the zone transfer working.
Here's my setup: (scroll down for description of problem)
Master: 10.224.45.130
/etc/named.conf
options {
directory "/var/named";
version "unknown";
pid-file "/var/run/named/named.pid";
recursion yes;
allow-recursion { localhost; localnets; };
notify explicit;
allow-transfer {
10.224.45.131;
};
also-notify {
10.224.45.131;
};
};
zone "." {
type hint;
file "named.root";
};
zone "example.com" IN {
type master;
file "data/example.com.hosts";
};
Slave: 10.224.45.131
/etc/named.conf
options {
directory "/var/named";
version "unknown";
pid-file "/var/run/named/named.pid";
recursion yes;
allow-recursion { localhost; localnets; };
notify yes;
allow-transfer { "none"; };
allow-notify {
10.224.45.130;
};
};
zone "." {
type hint;
file "named.root";
};
zone "example.com" IN {
type slave;
file "slaves/example.com.hosts";
masters {
10.224.45.130;
};
};
Here's the problem. When I restart named on the slave server it sees that the zone files do not exist yet and requests a transfer from the master server:
named.log (Slave)
[10.224.45.131] zone example.com/IN: no database exists yet, requesting AXFR of initial version from 10.224.45.130#53
...after which the master server receives the transfer request:
named.log (Master)
[10.224.45.130] client 10.224.45.131#53467: query: example.com IN AXFR -
...and replies with the transfer request, which gets denied:
named.log (Master)
[10.224.45.130] client 10.224.45.131#53467: zone transfer 'example.com/AXFR/IN' denied
...on the slave server it shows up as being REFUSED:
named.log (Slave)
[10.224.45.131] transfer of 'example.com/IN' from 10.224.45.130#53: failed while receiving responses: REFUSED
Looking at all the configs over and over I can't find anything wrong with the settings. I have the master server's IP address listed in the masters setting of the slave zone configuration, I have the slave server's IP address listed in the allow-transfer setting of the master options settings.
All the IP addresses are what they should be, it's not like it's trying to use the public IP address and being rejected because the IP address doesn't match. I have iptables setup to allow TCP/UDP connections on port 53 (and 953) on both servers. I have setup the file permissions properly so that the /slaves directory where the slave zone files are stored is writable by the named user.
No matter what I do I always get this same error. If anyone can give me a clue as to what I'm missing I would really appreciate it!
Solution 1:
To start, try verifying that a zone transfer works.
On the slave, issue dig @master your-domain. axfr
What versions of BIND and what OS?
Solution 2:
Found the problem. I am using a chrooted BIND, but I was editing the conf files in /etc and not /var/named/chroot/etc. So the changes that I was making were not being seen. I copied the conf files to the chroot directory and it all works fine now.
Solution 3:
It may seem like this is already covered by the allow-transfer statement in options, but try adding an explicit allow-transfer statement under the zone.
I don't really see anything wrong with your config. It looks like it should work. Is bind listening on that port at all? (I.e., do any requests succeed? Or do they all fail?)
Well, I've got two more ideas worth trying.
Make sure your clocks are both up to date (at least within a reasonable margin) on both servers.
You may have SELinux interfering. Try disabling it temporarily to test.