[Pdns-dev] Re: Test using example.com not working

[Julian Mehnle]

Matt Cooling wrote:
> I have just installed PowerDNS 2.9.20-1 on a test Linux server running
> Fedora 5. As per the documentation, the only entries in pdns.conf are:
> ---------------------------
> launch=bind
> bind-example-zones
> ---------------------------
> When I try to test the service I get an error:
> ---------------------------
> # host www.example.com 127.0.0.1
> Using domain server:
> Name: 127.0.0.1
> Address: 127.0.0.1#53
> Aliases:
>
> Host www.example.com not found: 2(SERVFAIL)
> [...]
>
> Have I missed something obvious here - the documentation states that
> when using the bind backend the domain 'example.com' is built in - so
> surely this should work with no other configuration?

That seems to be a bug that no one has cared to fix so far:

  http://mailman.powerdns.com/pipermail/pdns-users/2006-May/003457.html
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