On Tue, 14 Dec 2004, Matt Kettler uttered the following: > At 11:47 AM 12/14/2004, Jon Dossey wrote: >>A lot of people are having problems resolving using the loopback address >>(127.0.0.1), try using an IP address that is bound to one of your NIC's. > > That's odd.. I myself have never done it any other way.. of course, I always > make sure that 127.0.0.1 has allow rights for both > query and recursion... > > That said, such a bug should also affect dig.
dig doesn't use the local nameserver unless you're looking up a name there: it queries remote nameservers directly. As such, it's a bad tool to use if you're trying to answer the question `does my nameserver work' --- or, rather, it's a bad tool to use *unless* you explicitly force it to use your nameserver via `dig @127.0.0.1' or somesuch. -- `The sword we forged has turned upon us Only now, at the end of all things do we see The lamp-bearer dies; only the lamp burns on.'
