Len Conrad:
> >>> Did you use the same resolv.conf on the same host.
> >>
> >>Did you do the lookups as an UNPRIVILEGED user.
> >>
> >>You are giving zero details, so I have to start at the bottom.
> >
> >I'm logged into the postscreen machine and su to root to work on postfix and
> >run dig.
Well that is your mistake. You must do the tests as an UNPRIVILEGED user.
Not root, not group wheel, none of that. It is a very basic beginner
mistake to mess up some directory permission so that an unprivileged
program no longer works, but all tests as root succeed as expected.
Wietse