BIND problem (fwd)

[Mark_Andrews at isc.org]

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> 
> I am using BIND version 9.1.3-4 on RedHat Linux 7.2. I tried it on one 
> machine making it caching only server and it worked fine. But when I tried 
> it on the other machine with the same configuraion, it is not running. The 
> log shows that named is up running with /etc/named.conf loaded, but it 
> doesn't reply to the queries as shows below. 
> 
> ####
> dig @localhost www.hp.com. a
> 
> ; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> @localhost www.hp.com. a
> ; (1 server found)
> ;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
> ;; res_nsend to server localhost  127.0.0.1: Connection timed out
> ####
> 
> when I connect using telnet at port 53, it connects but when I use dig or 
> nslookup, it doesn't reply as shown above. Please help me out in this 
> regard.
	
	Are the hints correct?
	Are the forwarders correct?
	What are the firewall logs saying?
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