[Pdns-users] DNS Lookup Problem

[ueli heuer]

Hi

> I've installed PowerDNS with Mysql support and that works fine. My
> problem is that PowerDNS won't resolve a DNS name that isn't in my
> Database. My internel staff is using my PowerDNS server for Web surfing
> and stuff. This worked fine when I was still running BIND 9.

keep in mind powerdns is an authoritive nameserver. if you want to resolve "unknown" records you need an recursive nameserver. 

have a look at the manual http://doc.powerdns.com/recursion.html and 
http://doc.powerdns.com/built-in-recursor.html

Ueli

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