bind 9 not working for outside domains

[Sherona Hoosen]

Hi

How do I enable recursion as well as get the latest copy of root.hints file

Dig gives the following response
# dig @mail3 delphi.wits.ac.za
For local server request

; <<>> DiG 9.2.2 <<>> @mail3 delphi.wits.ac.za
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 14020
;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 9, ADDITIONAL: 4

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;delphi.wits.ac.za.             IN      A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
delphi.wits.ac.za.      86400   IN      A       146.141.15.243

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
wits.ac.za.             86400   IN      NS      hermes.is.co.za.
wits.ac.za.             86400   IN      NS      shannon.ee.wits.ac.za.
wits.ac.za.             86400   IN      NS      dns.cs.wits.ac.za.
wits.ac.za.             86400   IN      NS      max.wits.ac.za.
wits.ac.za.             86400   IN      NS      rain.psg.com.
wits.ac.za.             86400   IN      NS      hippo.ru.ac.za.
wits.ac.za.             86400   IN      NS      mail1.wits.ac.za.
wits.ac.za.             86400   IN      NS      mail3.wits.ac.za.
wits.ac.za.             86400   IN      NS      apollo.is.co.za.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
dns.cs.wits.ac.za.      259200  IN      A       146.141.27.9
max.wits.ac.za.         86400   IN      A       146.141.15.232
mail1.wits.ac.za.       86400   IN      A       146.141.15.210
mail3.wits.ac.za.       86400   IN      A       146.141.15.98

;; Query time: 8 msec
;; SERVER: 146.141.15.98#53(mail3)
;; WHEN: Tue Oct 28 11:21:43 2003
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 316



FOR OUSIDE SERVER

# dig @mail3 www.is.co.za

; <<>> DiG 9.2.2 <<>> @mail3 www.is.co.za
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 51968
;; flags: qr rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 13, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;www.is.co.za.                  IN      A

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
.                       518400  IN      NS      K.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.                       518400  IN      NS      L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.                       518400  IN      NS      M.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.                       518400  IN      NS      A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.                       518400  IN      NS      B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.                       518400  IN      NS      C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.                       518400  IN      NS      D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.                       518400  IN      NS      E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.                       518400  IN      NS      F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.                       518400  IN      NS      G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.                       518400  IN      NS      H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.                       518400  IN      NS      I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.                       518400  IN      NS      J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.

;; Query time: 8 msec
;; SERVER: 146.141.15.98#53(mail3)
;; WHEN: Tue Oct 28 11:22:05 2003
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 241

Thanks
Cheers
Sherona

----- Original Message -----
From: <Mark_Andrews at isc.org>
To: "Sherona Hoosen" <sherona at cns.wits.ac.za>
Cc: <bind9-users at isc.org>
Sent: Friday, October 17, 2003 4:32 AM
Subject: Re: bind 9 not working for outside domains


>
> > Hi
> > I installed bind9.2.2 on solaris8. We are authorative for wits.ac.za
domain
> > I seems to be working fine for our authoratative domain
> >
> > nslookup for sunsite.wits.ac.za is as follows
> >
> > > sunsite.wits.ac.za
> > Server:  mail3.wits.ac.za
> > Address:  146.141.15.98
> >
> > Name:    sunsite.wits.ac.za
> > Address:  146.141.97.214
> > > www.is.co.za.
> > Server:  mail3.wits.ac.za
> > Address:  146.141.15.98
> >
> > Name:    www.is.co.za
> > Served by:
> > - rain.psg.com
> >
> >           za
> > - apies.frd.ac.za
> >
> >           za
> > - hippo.ru.ac.za
> >
> >           za
> > - auth00.ns.uu.net
> >
> >           za
> > - ns-ext.vix.com
> >
> >           za
> > - ucthpx.uct.ac.za
> >
> >           za
> > - munnari.oz.au
> >
> >           za
> > - ns.ripe.net
> >
> >           za
> > - flag.ep.net
> >
> >           za
> >
> > Any idea what could be causing this
> >
> > Also when doing lookup on outside domain I need to put a full-stop at
the end
> >  ie (www.is.co.za.)
> > If I lookup www.is.co.za (without full stop) I get the following
response
> >
> > > www.is.co.za
> > Server:  mail3.wits.ac.za
> > Address:  146.141.15.98
> >
> > Name:    www.is.co.za.ac.za
> > Served by:
> > - apies.frd.ac.za
> >
> >           za
> > - hippo.ru.ac.za
> >
> >           za
> > - auth00.ns.uu.net
> >
> >           za
> > - ns-ext.vix.com
> >
> >           za
> > - ucthpx.uct.ac.za
> >
> >           za
> > - munnari.oz.au
> >
> >           za
> > - ns.ripe.net
> >
> >           za
> > - flag.ep.net
> >
> >           za
> > - rain.psg.com
> >
> >           za
> >
> >
> > Any help would be appreciated
> >
> > Thanks
> > Sherona
> > However when doing a lookup for some other domain
> > I get the following response
>
> Firstly use 'dig' not 'nslookup'.  'dig' displays the complete
> response.
>
> Secondly I suspect that you have disabled recursion for this
> client.  The 'dig' response would have let us see that.
>
> Mark
> --
> Mark Andrews, Internet Software Consortium
> 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia
> PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742                 INTERNET: Mark.Andrews at isc.org
>