views problem- Nameserver cannot resolve properly

[Mark_Andrews at isc.org]

> 
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to set up views on our main DNS server.
> apollo is our nameserver.
> We are using bind v9.2.1 on RedHat 7.2.
> 
> It will use the external view for its own resolution of domains we host.
> 
> It resolves domains it hosts correctly:
> [root at apollo etc]# host aot.com.au
> aot.com.au has address 203.44.223.3 
> (this is the IP address of aot.com.au in the external view)
> 
> However, it does not resolve domains it does not host:
> [root at apollo etc]# host qr.com.au
> [root at apollo etc]# host hotmail.com
> [root at apollo etc]# 

	You problem is that recursion is off in the external view.

	Mark
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