DNS Sample File Place.dns Contains an Error (163970)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0

This article was previously published under Q163970

SUMMARY

When you install DNS, a SAMPLES subdirectory is created under the \%systemroot%\system32\DNS directory.

This subdirectory contains a sample Zone file called Place.dns. This file has an error in one of the values included in the example Start Of Authority (SOA) resource record.

MORE INFORMATION

The Place.dns file contains the following SOA example:

@   IN  SOA     nameserver.place.dom.  postmaster.nameserver.place.dom. (
                               1            ; serial number
                               36000        ; refresh   [1h]
                               600          ; retry     [10m]
                               86400        ; expire    [1d]
                               3600 )       ; min TTL   [1h]

The value shown for Refresh is 36000. The comment shows this as [1h], or one hour. However, the value should actually read 3600, which is the correct amount of seconds in one hour (this is also the default setting for this value).

Modification Type:	Major	Last Reviewed:	8/9/2001
Keywords:	kbnetwork KB163970