[Pdns-users] reverse zone /27 subnet - migrating from bind

[Martin Kellermann]

>> You cant ask your dns directly, it only knows about the zone 118-31.82.119.85.in-addr.arpa.
>> So you would need do do:
>>
>> dig 118.18-31.82.119.85.in-addr.arpa ptr @dnsip
>>
>> to get a correct result you have to ask the dns at the provider and there you get back a cname pointing to your entry,.
thank you all for clearing this out for me.
problem was "checking" the local powerdns server and not understanding, that it has no resolver (in contrast to our old bind system), so it always lead to an error.
stupid me.

regards

MK