[Pdns-users] dig , trace and the recursor

[bert hubert]

On Thu, Jan 11, 2007 at 04:18:08PM +0100, thomas polnik wrote:
> Hello,
> I try the trace-option from dig, here is an example:
> 
> -- snip --
> $ dig www.google.de @130.149.4.20 +trace

+trace and @ do not combine as you expect they would.

> But if I try it again to send the same request to recursor, I get an error:

You are not sending it to the recursor but to the authoritative server,
which states it has no knowledge of the root zone.

You might find that adding --send-root-referral "fixes" your problem,
although it is not a problem. 

	Bert