diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ index 5f1c33f58a..6f50fb4ebd 100644 --- a/FAQ +++ b/FAQ @@ -316,3 +316,15 @@ Q: Why is named listening on UDP port other than 53? A: Named uses a system selected port to make queries of other nameservers. This behaviour can be overridden by using query-source to lock down the port and/or address. + + +Q: I get error messages like "multiple RRs of singleton type" and +"CNAME and other data" when transfering a zone. What does this mean? + +A: These indicate a malformed master zone. You can identify the +exact records involved by transfering the zone using dig then +running named-checkzone on it. + + e.g. + dig axfr example.com @master-server > tmp + named-checkzone example.com tmp