Microsoft KB Archive/305537

= Queries for SOA or NS for a CNAME Return &quot;Server Failure&quot; Instead of the CNAME =

Article ID: 305537

Article Last Modified on 10/27/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 2
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server

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This article was previously published under Q305537



SYMPTOMS
When a Windows 2000-based Domain Name System (DNS) server is queried for the start of authority (SOA) resource record (RR) or for a name server (NS) RR for a CNAME RR, a &quot;Server Failure&quot; response may be returned if the CNAME RR exists.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

260910 How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:   Date         Time    Version     Size     File name ---  17-Sep-2001  09:12  5.0.2195.43  324,368  Dns.exe



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 3.



MORE INFORMATION
For additional information about how to obtain a hotfix for Windows 2000 Datacenter Server, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

265173 The Datacenter Program and Windows 2000 Datacenter Server Product

For additional information about how to install multiple hotfixes with only one reboot, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

296861 Use QChain.exe to Install Multiple Hotfixes with One Reboot

For additional information about how to install Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 hotfixes at the same time, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

249149 Installing Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 Hotfixes

Additional query words: kbDirServices soa dns rr

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbwin2000presp3fix kbqfe kbwin2000sp3fix kbdirservices kbhotfixserver KB305537

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