I'm working in an environment that uses split DNS (some parentcompany.com servers we want resolved from corporate DNS servers, others from Internet DNS servers). I've installed the pdns-recursor RPM (3.1.7-1) on my RHEL 5 bind DNS server and configured the recursor, all defaults except:
allow-from=127.0.0.1 (users query the bind server, bind queries pdns on port 5301, so only bind should be accessing pdns) forward-zones-file=/etc/powerdns/zonesfile ignore-rd-bit=on local-address=127.0.0.1 local-port=5301 The zonesfile then contains things like: Server1.parentcompany.com=<IP of Internet DNS server> Server2.parentcompany.com=<IP of Corporate DNS server> When I start the pdns-recursor and point bind to it, my nslookups fail: ---------------------------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] powerdns]# nslookup > server localhost Default server: localhost Address: 127.0.0.1#53 > set port=5301 > Server2.parentcompany.com Server: localhost Address: 127.0.0.1#5301 ** server can't find Server2.parentcompany.com: SERVFAIL ---------------------------------------- Using a tcpdump, I did see a dns request go to the correct DNS server, but no response was provided. If I run an "nslookup Server2.parentcompany.com <IP of Corporate DNS server>", I get a valid IP address, and then if I subsequently re-run the nslookup against the PDNS Recursor, it provides the answer from then on. Why isn't it providing the answer initially? Any ideas would be helpful. Thank you, Steve Chapman _______________________________________________ Pdns-users mailing list Pdns-users@mailman.powerdns.com http://mailman.powerdns.com/mailman/listinfo/pdns-users
