Hi Nathaniel, I was trying to reproduce on 16.10. by default answer came from my DNS [...] ;; SERVER: 192.168.122.1#53(192.168.122.1)
# Installing bind9 sudo apt-get install bind9 # starting as not by default sudo systemctl start bind9 # netstat shows me it runs on .53 by default it seems $ sudo netstat -eeapn | grep named tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:53 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 112 21000 2445/named # well, fine set 127.0.0.53 in resolv.conf for now (what you do in the gnome network manager) # ready and working, dig now reports me valid resolution from this $dig ubuntu.com [...] ;; SERVER: 127.0.0.53#53(127.0.0.53) # I noted that 127.0.0.1:53 was also grabbed by named, so I checkd this and it was working as well ;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1) ! Not that I'd recommend running bind in default conf, a lot of things changed and I think this is much easier today without bind at all, see below for more I compared the status and ports of the sys after installing and starting bind9 wily [2] and yakkety [3] - they are different, but bind=named in both grabbed what you expect. Also I see: modified.conffile..etc.apparmor.d.usr.sbin.named: [modified] Does this have any meaning to the case? What was the change? BTW - isn't bind9 a bit heavy for this. You have dnsmask installed and intregated anyway. And since 16.04 you also have systemd-resolve - maybe the introduction of that caused a change that affects your usual way to set up. dnsmasq doesn't cache by default, but [1] seems easier to me than adding bind as third. [1]: http://askubuntu.com/questions/155163/how-do-i-enable-dns-caching-in-the-networkmanager-controlled-dnsmasq [2]: http://paste.ubuntu.com/24240001/ [3]: http://paste.ubuntu.com/24240007/ ** Changed in: bind9 (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1675221 Title: Installing Bind9 as a recursive server fails in a default install with no editing of files, does not work as a caching server as expected To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bind9/+bug/1675221/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs