[Pdns-users] OT: sytax of dig

[Volker Goetz]

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Am Mittwoch, 16. Juni 2004 15:09 schrieb Bob Lockie:
> I want to return all MX records but I can't get dig to work.
>
> $ dig -p 5300 @localhost lockie.ca -t MX
>
> The man page says I can use -t for type or just specify it as the last
> parameter but it doesn't work either way (it returns nothing).
>
> mysql> select * from records  where domain_id=244;
> +------+-----------+------+------+--------------------------------------
>
> | id   | domain_id | name | type | content
> +------+-----------+------+------+--------------------------------------
>
> | 1574 |       244 |      | MX   | mail .lockie.ca
>
>  From the pdns in monitor mode, I get a
> Authoritative NXDOMAIN to 192.168.1.100 for 'lockie.ca' (MX)
> but no answer.

Correct. You need to set the name for the record (lockie.ca) in the name 
column. That's often overseen as in bind zone files one does not need to 
repeat the name on every record.


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Best regards

Volker Götz

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