DNS Zone Transfer Fails from Windows NT Server to UNIX DNS ServerID: Q193838
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When transferring a primary zone from a Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 DNS server to a secondary zone on a UNIX DNS server, the zone transfer may fail if the Windows NT DNS zone is configured for WINS lookup or WINS Reverse Lookup.
The Microsoft DNS server may have a WINS or WINS-R (NBTSTAT) record included in the DNS file, which is not understood by UNIX DNS. This may cause the zone transfer to fail when the UNIX DNS server reaches the record in the transfer. The WINS record is the result of configuring WINS Lookup for a zone. The WINS-R (NBTSTAT) record is the result of configuring WINS Reverse Lookup for a reverse lookup zone.
There is an additional flag that can be set for the WINS and WINS-R
(NBTSTAT) records in the zone transfer file that allow better
interoperability with a UNIX DNS server. To avoid sending the WINS or
WINS-R (NBTSTAT) records to DNS servers that do not have the WINS or
WINS-R capability, configure the zone properties to specify "Settings only
affect local server."
The "Settings only affect local server" configuration will insert the
LOCAL flag immediately after the WINS or WINS-R (NBTSTAT) record. For
example:
@ 0 IN WINS LOCAL 1.1.1.1 1.1.1.2
@ 0 IN WINS-R LOCAL domainname.com
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Version : WinNT:4.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbprb
Last Reviewed: February 18, 1999