problem with resolving SOME EXTERNAL domains

[mayer]

----- Original Message Follows -----
> On Wed, 15 Jun 2005 09:05:44 -0400,
> "mayer" <mayer at gis.net> wrote:
> 
> > > So dig +trace *is* querying the resolver for the addresses of the
> > > intermediate nameservers on the descent from the root, rather than
> > > using any associated glue.  Is there any way to override this and
> > > force dig +trace to do *all* the resolution itself?  If not,
> > > perhaps there should be ...
> > 
> > You didn't specify a nameserver to use so it goes to
> > /etc/resolv.conf to get one. If you had specified one on the command
> > line (@nameserver) it would not even have done that.
> 
> It would if I'd specified @ns.example.com (i.e. name rather than IP)
> :-/
> 

Well it has to know the address of the nameserver in order to get
started.

Danny