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

[Otto Moerbeek]

On Thu, Mar 17, 2022 at 12:17:59PM +0000, Brian Candler via Pdns-users wrote:

> 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/

I like to stress to latter part again. The traces posted look edited
and so are useless. Please post unedited traces. Details matter!

	-Otto