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damainman
in my var/log/messages i found this:

Feb 4 19:54:22 server1 named[3899]: lame server resolving 'bonnag.com' (in 'bonnag.com'?): 62.212.72.221#53
Feb 4 19:54:22 server1 named[3899]: lame server resolving 'bonnag.com' (in 'bonnag.com'?): 62.212.72.220#53
Feb 4 19:54:22 server1 named[3899]: lame server resolving 'bonnag.com' (in 'bonnag.com'?): 62.212.72.221#53
Feb 4 19:54:23 server1 named[3899]: lame server resolving 'bonnag.com' (in 'bonnag.com'?): 62.212.72.220#53
Feb 4 19:54:23 server1 named[3899]: lame server resolving 'bonnag.com' (in 'bonnag.com'?): 62.212.72.221#53
Feb 4 19:54:23 server1 named[3899]: lame server resolving 'bonnag.com' (in 'bonnag.com'?): 62.212.72.220#53
Feb 4 19:54:23 server1 named[3899]: lame server resolving 'bonnag.com' (in 'bonnag.com'?): 62.212.72.221#53
Feb 4 19:54:23 server1 named[3899]: lame server resolving 'bonnag.com' (in 'bonnag.com'?): 62.212.72.220#53
Feb 4 19:54:24 server1 named[3899]: lame server resolving 'bonnag.com' (in 'bonnag.com'?): 62.212.72.221#53
Feb 4 19:54:24 server1 named[3899]: lame server resolving 'bonnag.com' (in 'bonnag.com'?): 62.212.72.220#53
Feb 4 19:54:24 server1 named[3899]: lame server resolving 'bonnag.com' (in 'bonnag.com'?): 62.212.72.221#53
Feb 4 19:54:24 server1 named[3899]: lame server resolving 'bonnag.com' (in 'bonnag.com'?): 62.212.72.220#53
Feb 4 19:54:24 server1 named[3899]: lame server resolving 'bonnag.com' (in 'bonnag.com'?): 62.212.72.221#53
Feb 4 19:54:24 server1 named[3899]: lame server resolving 'bonnag.com' (in 'bonnag.com'?): 62.212.72.220#53
Feb 4 19:54:25 server1 named[3899]: lame server resolving 'bonnag.com' (in 'bonnag.com'?): 62.212.72.221#53
Feb 4 19:54:25 server1 named[3899]: lame server resolving 'bonnag.com' (in 'bonnag.com'?): 62.212.72.220#53


Anyone know what thats saying exactly?
klaude
That means your DNS server is recieving responses from a DNS server that is registered as authoritative for that domain, but not configured as authroitative for that domain. It happens sometimes. icon_smile.gif
damainman
Anything to worry about? I've never seen that domain before
klaude
Its no problem. Your server requested a record from 'bonnag.com' and received a response from a lame server. Nothing to worry about. icon_smile.gif
damainman
why would it request a record though lol?

Thanks for your replies, and ur help kevin
perfectsquare
What about if you are getting this for about 200 different domain names per day?

And...I host to a regional community and a lot of these sites are based in my area. I've been researching the "lame server" thing all day and I haven't found a clear cut explaination of why this is happening.

I do know CPanel is running with high loads and was just wondering if this was the culprit or one of many.
klaude
It still shouldn't be an issue. Just a misconfiguration. icon_smile.gif

Moving this to the DNS board.
alex042
I've been getting this error using 1 of SM DNS servers. I put in a ticket for it, but the basic response was that I should either use both of the SM DNS servers or neither and not just 1 of them. I don't think it was ever really fixed.
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