BIND forwarder

[Edmund]

Is there any chance that a secondary/cache only name server
would use the /etc/resolv.conf file to resolve a name for
recursive query ?


Michael Voight wrote:

> There is NO relationship between resolv.conf and the forwarder.
>
> Resolv.conf determines where the DNS client on that machine will go to
> do queries. These entries are searched in the order given. Only a non
> response will cause it to go to the next address listed. The resolv.conf
> file on the server may or may not point to itself.
>
> The forwarder (s) is used on the server to send the client query to if
> it is unable to resolve the query by looking at records in its own
> cache.
>
> This is a basic thing, what DNS book are you reading that you are
> confused?
>
> Michael
>
> Edmund wrote:
> >
> > I'm not clear about when the forwarder is used to resolve a name.
> > Is it that the forwarder will be used only when no other methods
> > can be used to resolve a name, ie. no root server record entry,
> > and no entries in /etc/resolv.conf file ????  Is there any relationship
> > between the forwarder list and /etc/resolv.conf ??