Yes - I have verified that the root servers are there and the config does point to them correctly.
Scott On Sat, Aug 6, 2011 at 8:47 PM, Helmut Fritz <[email protected]> wrote: > Just a quick thought : Is this a new install of BIND? Do you have your root > zones configured? If not, your server will not know where to go for zones it > does not have set up locally. **** > > ** ** > > *From:* Scott Hughes [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Saturday, August 06, 2011 2:11 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [qmailtoaster] OT: Bind9 DNS question**** > > ** ** > > For some weird reason my DNS (not on qmail) is not forwarding requests for > zones that aren't in it's zone files (like google.com). If I 'dig' one of > my zones, I get all the correct information. If I 'dig' something like > www.google.com I get nothing. Here are the two files that I think control > this:**** > > ** ** > > # cat resolv.conf**** > > search renshawauto.org**** > > nameserver 66.255.244.213**** > > nameserver 127.0.0.1**** > > ** ** > > NOTE: Both of these IPs are the same interface. I used to just have the > 127.0.0.1 and nothing else, so I tried the live IP to see if that would help > **** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > # cat named.conf**** > > //**** > > // named.conf**** > > //**** > > // Provided by Red Hat bind package to configure the ISC BIND named(8) DNS > **** > > // server as a caching only nameserver (as a localhost DNS resolver only). > **** > > //**** > > // See /usr/share/doc/bind*/sample/ for example named configuration files. > **** > > //**** > > options {**** > > listen-on port 53 { 127.0.0.1; };**** > > listen-on port 53 { 66.255.244.213; };**** > > # listen-on-v6 port 53 { ::1; };**** > > allow-query { 127.0.0.1; 66.255.244.213; };**** > > allow-recursion { 127.0.0.1; 66.255.244.213; };**** > > directory "/var/named/chroot/var/named";**** > > forward first;**** > > forwarders { 8.8.8.8; 8.8.4.4; };**** > > dump-file "/var/named/chroot/var/named/data/cache_dump.db";* > *** > > statistics-file "/var/named/chroot/var/named/data/named_stats.txt"; > **** > > memstatistics-file > "/var/named/chroot/var/named/data/named_mem_stats.txt";**** > > // allow-query { 127.0.0.1; 66.255.244.213; localhost; };**** > > recursion no;**** > > transfers-out 100;**** > > };**** > > ** ** > > logging {**** > > channel default_debug {**** > > file "data/named.run";**** > > severity dynamic;**** > > };**** > > };**** > > zone "." IN {**** > > type hint;**** > > file "/var/named/chroot/var/named/named.root";**** > > };**** > > include "/var/named/chroot/etc/named.conf.local";**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > Any ideas? I've been searching on Google for HOURS on this one. I even > replaced my named.root file with the latest from Internic, No Joy! If I put > an outside DNS server into the resolv.conf then it will work probably, but > the forwarders in the named.conf should do this!**** > > ** ** > > Thanks,**** > > Scott**** > > ** ** >
