Log File Fills Up with Packet Processing Errors on BIND 8.1.2 Server

ID: Q240891

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server

SYMPTOMS

When you configure server running BIND 8.1.2 to allow dynamic updates from client computers running Windows 2000, the log file may fill up with packet processing error messages from clients updating zone information.

CAUSE

This issue can occur because BIND version 8.1.2 logs a packet processing error whenever the prerequisite packet is sent from a client.

RESOLUTION

To avoid having your log files fill up with this error, you may want to disable logging of dynamic updates on your BIND 8.1.2 server. To do this, add the following statement to the /etc/named.conf BIND configuration file.


logging {
category dynamic { null; };
};

MORE INFORMATION

The error is not valid and all the packets are processed and the zone is updated correctly. This issue may be resolved in BIND version 8.2.1.

Additional query words:

Keywords : kb3rdparty kbenv
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb