this is a dig to the external ip address which doesn't resolve the domain name @DNS:~$ dig @192.168.1.10 -x 173.194.41.133
; <<>> DiG 9.8.1-P1 <<>> @192.168.1.10 -x 173.194.41.133 ; (1 server found) ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 59701 ;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;133.41.194.173.in-addr.arpa. IN PTR ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: in-addr.arpa. 86400 IN SOA dns1.example.com. hostmaster.example.net. 2012092805 28800 7200 604800 86400 ;; Query time: 532 msec ;; SERVER: 192.168.1.10#53(192.168.1.10) ;; WHEN: Fri Sep 28 18:00:25 2012 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 119 but a dig to the loopback address comes up with @DNS:~$ dig @127.0.0.1 -x 173.194.41.133 ; <<>> DiG 9.8.1-P1 <<>> @127.0.0.1 -x 173.194.41.133 ; (1 server found) ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 26084 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;133.41.194.173.in-addr.arpa. IN PTR ;; ANSWER SECTION: 133.41.194.173.in-addr.arpa. 86400 IN PTR lhr08s03-in-f5.1e100.net. ;; Query time: 138 msec ;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1) ;; WHEN: Fri Sep 28 18:04:55 2012 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 83 this is what I would expect from a dig command to an ip address which suggests that the problem lays in the transition between the recursive and the authoritative sides of th server ________________________________________ From: Aki Tuomi [[email protected]] Sent: 28 September 2012 17:10 To: Philip Urwin Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Pdns-users] PDNS reverse lookup's Can you put your configurations somewhere? Can you try dig -x 173.194.41.133 @loccalhost Aki On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 03:51:01PM +0000, Philip Urwin wrote: > The system is a pdns with mysql backend and the recursor on the same machine, > with an example domain with reverse lookup set up on the example. > Pdns is bound to its local ip address (192.168.1.10) on port 53 and the > recursor is on 127.0.0.1, other than that I haven’t changed any settings > other those needed to make it work > > -----Original Message----- > From: Aki Tuomi [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 28 September 2012 16:43 > To: Philip Urwin > Cc: > Subject: Re: [Pdns-users] PDNS reverse lookup's > > You are not really giving any insight on how your system is set up. And > please do try to reply to the mailing list as well. > > Aki > > On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 03:41:15PM +0000, Philip Urwin wrote: > > I've looked into it further and I can get a reply from the recursive server > > but once it has been passed to the authoritive server the domain > > information is being stripped off, so it works but isn’t being processed > > properly to send out to the client computer thus not giving the correct > > reply. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Aki Tuomi [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: 28 September 2012 16:16 > > To: Philip Urwin > > Cc: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [Pdns-users] PDNS reverse lookup's > > > > On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 09:30:52AM +0000, Philip Urwin wrote: > > > I have a PowerDNS setup up and running, however when I try to do a > > > reverse lookup for a zone that isn't local e.g. 173.194.41.133 > > > (www.google.com) it cannot resolve the domain name, is there a setting or > > > something that I am missing that will enable the sever to do the reverse > > > lookups correctly. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Pdns-users mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://mailman.powerdns.com/mailman/listinfo/pdns-users > > > > > > Can you please provide further information on how your system is setup. Are > > you experiencing problems with the recursor component or authoritative > > component? > > > > Aki Tuomi
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