BIND forwarder

[Michael Voight]

no..
resolv.conf is used by the resolver. 
The resolver of the nameserver is NOT involved in a recursive query. It
would use its' cache. If the requested record  was not in its cache, it
would send it to the forwaeder.

Michael

Edmund wrote:
> 
> 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 ??