OT: Silly Bind question

[Mark D. Foster]

DAve wrote:
> Andy Dills wrote:
>   
>> On Sun, 3 Feb 2008, DAve wrote:
>>     
>>> I am stumped, what have I done wrong?
>>>       
>> You'll kick yourself. Here's the hint:
>>
>> /users/andy>dig @ns1.totallogic.com ftp.pixelhammer.com txt
>>
>> ; <<>> DiG 9.3.4 <<>> @ns1.totallogic.com ftp.pixelhammer.com txt
>> ; (1 server found)
>> ;; global options:  printcmd
>> ;; Got answer:
>> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 26833
>> ;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 3, ADDITIONAL: 3
>>
>> ;; QUESTION SECTION:
>> ;ftp.pixelhammer.com.           IN      TXT
>>
>> ;; ANSWER SECTION:
>> ftp.pixelhammer.com.    86400   IN      TXT     "v=spf1 ip4:65.196.224.82 ip4:65.196.224.83 ~all"
>>     
>
> I'm kicking but it ain't helping. Interesting that the host ftp works.
> It is also the last host in the zone. I tried tying the txt record to
> the origin but no change. According to the Bind book, and to the openspf
> folks, this should work.
>
> pixelhammer.com.	IN	TXT	"some sorta krazy text string"
>
> But it don't. Now, I am even more confused. Does the location of the
> Text record 'within' the zone file make a difference?
>
> Thanks,
>
> DAve
>
>   
Andy was right, it's the line-ordering in your zone file.
I take it you can't slave the zone from tinydns to bind?

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