Re: NEWBIE

bind-users-bounce@isc.org wrote on 11/09/2004 05:02:35 PM:
> Hi, I'm an erstwhile DNS admin and am using BIND 9 on my home network. I

> have DNS running and it resolves correctly from both inside and outside
> my LAN (I have broadband connection w/static IP). The only exception is
> that if if "dig domain.com", I don't get back an answer. Heres' the
> reply:
> ; <<>> DiG 9.2.2 <<>> mydomain
> ;; global options: printcmd
> ;; Got answer:
> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: SERVFAIL, id: 54292
> ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0
>
> ;; QUESTION SECTION:
> ;mydomain.com. IN A
>
> ;; Query time: 20 msec
> ;; SERVER: 129.105.49.1#53(129.105.49.1)
> ;; WHEN: Tue Nov 9 15:49:07 2004
> ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 33
>
>
> If I query for a particlular service that's configured in DNS, I get
> back what I expect. For example query for my web server returns this:
>
> ; <<>> DiG 9.2.2 <<>> www.mydomain.com
> ;; global options: printcmd
> ;; Got answer:
> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: SERVFAIL, id: 42851
> ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0
>
> ;; QUESTION SECTION:
> ;www.mydomain.com. IN A
>
> ;; Query time: 53 msec
> ;; SERVER: 129.105.49.1#53(129.105.49.1)
> ;; WHEN: Tue Nov 9 15:53:57 2004
> ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 37

Did you really expect to get a SERVFAIL? Or perhaps, when you where
editing the output to clean out what you think is security related data
(from what is by the way an intrinsically public database), you messed up
a little and pasted the wrong thing?

Perhaps you would consider posting the *real* results.


Dave...



>
> It may be that I'm mis-using "dig", but I'm not sure. Can someone help
> me out?
> TIA
>
>