[Pdns-users] PDNS Recursor and forward-zones-file

[Brian Candler]

On 17/03/2022 12:04, Pepe Charli via Pdns-users wrote:
> The recursor is configured to forward all zones to other DNS servers
>
> forward-zones-file=/path/to/file
> and the file itself contains
> .=192.168.68.63, 192.168.68.64

If you're forwarding the whole world then you need a plus sign for the 
request to be sent with the "recursion desired" bit:

+.=192.168.68.63, 192.168.68.64

See: https://docs.powerdns.com/recursor/settings.html#forward-zones-file

You haven't said anything about the configuration of the servers 
192.168.68.63 and .64.  If they are authoritative servers for test.com, 
then this doesn't explain the problem with a query for orac2-scan.test.com.

However, I suspect you don't actually own the "test.com" domain, so you 
should also see 
https://blog.powerdns.com/2016/01/18/open-source-support-out-in-the-open/