Cannot create A record issue

[Jsilliman]

I just changed the domain name in output.  If I do a dig on

dig example.com

** Returns nothing.  I have to actually dig on ns1.example.com,
www..., or mail...

I am trying to add an A record (remote.example.com), and have it work...


root at server1:/etc/bind# dig remote.example.com

; <<>> DiG 9.8.1-P1 <<>> remote.example.com
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 2650
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;remote.example.com.           IN      A

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
example.com.           9267    IN      SOA     ns1.example.com.
root.localhost. 3 604800 86400 2419200 604800

;; Query time: 1 msec
;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1)
;; WHEN: Wed Feb 20 11:13:45 2013
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 91

On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 11:09 AM, Alan Clegg <alan at clegg.com> wrote:
>
> On Feb 20, 2013, at 2:06 PM, Jsilliman <jsilliman at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Check this out:
>>
>> dig @localhost 69.62.x.x
>>
>> 10800   IN      SOA     a.root-servers.net. nstld.verisign-grs.com.
>>
>>
>> Shouldn't this be going to my local server for SOA ?
>>
>> The issue is that when I create a new A record, such as,
>> remote.example.com, I cannot do a dig on that record, only mx and ns
>> records.
>
> You are using dig wrong.    try "dig @localhost -x 69.62.x.x"
>
> This, in addition, is unrelated to the question that you originally asked.
>
> Can you please provide FULL, un-edited, non-condensed output that shows the missing A record?
>
> AlanC
> --
> Alan Clegg | +1-919-355-8851 | alan at clegg.com
>