BIND not forwarding requests

[SLG]

I am having a problem the DNS (BIND 9.3.2) server on our network. It has no problem looking up local hosts but it will not forward requests for external hosts. For example:

# ping mail.domain.com
64 bytes from *.*.*.*: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.224 ms

but

# ping

http://www.yahoo.com

ping: unknown host

http://www.yahoo.com

In my named.conf file I have:

forwarders {
1.1.1.1;
2.2.2.2;
3.3.3.3;
};

Also, if I use "dig" and specify the name server it is able to resolve it.

# dig @1.1.1.1

http://www.yahoo.com

; <<>> DiG 9.3.2 <<>> @1.1.1.1

http://www.yahoo.com

; (1 server found)
;; global options: printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 55334
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 8, ADDITIONAL: 8

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;

http://www.yahoo.com.

IN A

;; ANSWER SECTION:

http://www.yahoo.com.

89 IN CNAME

http://www.yahoo-ht3.akadns.net.

http://www.yahoo-ht3.akadns.net.

16 IN A 209.131.36.158

Thanks in advance for any suggestions!

 

[blacklow]

i don't see the forward statement.
the default is "only"
try set:
forward first;

this will make sure that the Bind server will look at the forwarders before attempting any local resolution.

not sure if that's the case but it's worth a try.

 

[SLG]

Tried that but it still does not work. This is driving me crazy!

 

[blacklow]

ok . ..
what about trying to Increment debugging level by 1 to 4 using the $ rndc trace command more then once
and: $ tail -f /var/log/messages
while trying to resolve yhaoo.com (for example).

one more thing:
is your "forwarders" statement is set in the global area ?

 

[cdlvj]

I have got the same problem.

When I run nslookup

#Default Server: mymachine.mydomain.com
Address: 0.0.0.0

>

Note the Address: 0.0.0.0

Thanks