[Pdns-users] "host" command returning weird results. Anyone know what I'm doing wrong?

[Nicholas Williams]

That's exactly what was going on! Thanks for clearing that up for me. 
When I used the option "-t A" the SERVFAILs went away.

Thanks for your help,

Nick

Kees Monshouwer wrote:
> Hello Nicholas,
>
> Host on CentOS 5 is also doing a lookup for a AAAA and a MX record. 
> These records are missing in your test zone.
>
> Output tcpdump:
> 17:53:30.347753 IP 192.168.0.179.32795 > dns1.bondware.com.domain:  
> 30025+ AAAA? www.test.com. (30)
> 17:53:30.427114 IP dns1.bondware.com.domain > 192.168.0.179.32795:  
> 30025 ServFail- 0/0/0 (30)
> 17:53:30.430689 IP 192.168.0.179.32796 > dns1.bondware.com.domain:  
> 1109+ MX? www.test.com. (30)
> 17:53:30.509351 IP dns1.bondware.com.domain > 192.168.0.179.32796:  
> 1109 ServFail- 0/0/0 (30)
>
> This is the source of your two ServFail answers.
>
> ----
> Kees
>
>
> Nicholas Williams wrote:
>> I consistently get correct results with "dig" no matter what options 
>> I choose (including +norecurs) but consistently get weird results 
>> with "host" no matter what options I choose. *scratches head*
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Nick
>>
>> bert hubert wrote:
>>> On Wed, Jul 09, 2008 at 11:45:44AM -0500, Nicholas Williams wrote:
>>>   
>>>> I setup PowerDNS with a MySQL 5 backend on Centos 5 this morning. I put 
>>>> in the "test.com" example records that come in the PowerDNS user guide. 
>>>> When I perform a "host" query, as suggested in the guide, I get this:
>>>>     
>>>
>>> Quick answer - haven't had time to read your whole issue. Try reproducing
>>> with 'dig':
>>>
>>> $ dig www.test.com @127.0.0.1
>>> and
>>> $ dig +norecurs www.test.com @127.0.0.1
>>>
>>> There are very many versions of 'host' around, and it is unsure what they
>>> all do.
>>>
>>>   
>>>> However, when I perform a "dig", the results appear normal:
>>>>     
>>>
>>> Ah. Well, try the +norecurs thing to see if it makes a difference. 
>>>
>>>
>>>   
>>
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>>
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>>
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