Topic: /var/log/message log

[bud]

I get these messages in my message log.  What are they?  What does it mean?

Jan 12 03:00:12 e-smith named[1362]: denied update from [192.168.1.22].1594 for "192.168.1.in-addr.arpa"
Jan 12 03:07:05 e-smith named[1362]: denied update from [192.168.1.57].1508 for "MYDOMAIN.XXX"
Jan 12 03:07:05 e-smith named[1362]: denied update from [192.168.1.57].1513 for "192.168.1.in-addr.arpa"
Jan 12 03:10:12 e-smith named[1362]: denied update from [192.168.1.22].1600 for "MYDOMAIN.XXX"
Jan 12 03:10:12 e-smith named[1362]: denied update from [192.168.1.22].1605 for "192.168.1.in-addr.arpa"
Jan 12 03:11:26 e-smith named[1362]: denied update from [192.168.1.28].1144 for "MYDOMAIN.XXX"
Jan 12 03:11:26 e-smith named[1362]: denied update from [192.168.1.28].1149 for "192.168.1.in-addr.arpa"
Jan 12 03:16:26 e-smith named[1362]: denied update from [192.168.1.28].1155 for "MYDOMAIN.XXX"
Jan 12 03:16:26 e-smith named[1362]: denied update from [192.168.1.28].1160 for "192.168.1.in-addr.arpa"
Jan 12 03:26:26 e-smith named[1362]: denied update from [192.168.1.28].1166 for "MYDOMAIN.XXX"
Jan 12 03:26:26 e-smith named[1362]: denied update from [192.168.1.28].1171 for "192.168.1.in-addr.arpa"
Jan 12 03:27:19 e-smith named[1362]: denied update from [192.168.1.16].4650 for "MYDOMAIN.XXX"
Jan 12 03:27:19 e-smith named[1362]: denied update from [192.168.1.16].4655 for "192.168.1.in-addr.arpa"
Jan 12 03:32:19 e-smith named[1362]: denied update from [192.168.1.16].4662 for "MYDOMAIN.XXX"
Jan 12 03:32:19 e-smith named[1362]: denied update from [192.168.1.16].4667 for "192.168.1.in-addr.arpa"

[Greg Zartman]

That message is issued by bind when a client attempts to update it's hostname/ip entry under a DDNS implementation, but the server says no you are not allowed to do this.  SME isn't setup with DDNS -- each IP lease is hard coded to a PC number (e.g., hostname xxx.xxx.xxx.101 = PC-00101) .  See /home/dns/var/named/db.yourdomain.

Have you messed with Bind or DHCP at all?

Greg Zartman

[bud]

Each workstation on the network is set up with a static IP.  I only use DHCP for PPTP connections.

[Greg Zartman]

You should be able to stop these messages by disabling the DDNS registration feature on the client machines.

On Win 2k client (for example):

Network  Connection Properties -> TCP/IP Properties->DNS Tab->remove check from Register this connection's address in DNS.

It's not working anyway as SME is not setup with DDNS.

Regards,

Greg

[bud]

Thanks Greg.  That's a great answer!