5.59) What does "named[XX]: Lame server on 'hostname' ...." mean?

The new named as shipped in Sun's latest bind patches prints message about all kinds of configuration problems.

This particular message indicates that named has learned from a nameserver that a particular domain is served by a particular nameserver. When asked, however, that nameserver denies all knowledge of the particular domain.

This is known as a "lame delegation", a reference that points nowhere. If the lame server isn't yours, there's nothing you can do about it.

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