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Deleted Virtual Domain - E-smith DNS fails to resolve extern

Martin Trigg

Deleted Virtual Domain - E-smith DNS fails to resolve extern
« on: August 18, 2003, 09:31:14 AM »
I have moved a Virtual Domain off my E-smith V5.6 box to an external Web Host and deleted the Virtual Domain.

The problem I am having is that the E-smith box is now not able to resolve the IP for the external site when the request comes from the LAN side. Surfing to the site from outside LAN works fine.

Doing a DIG on E-smith box for mydomain.net.au (name changed to protect the innocent) results in the following response, note SERVFAIL status :

[root@esmith root]# dig mydomain.net.au a

; <<>> DiG 9.2.1 <<>> mydomain.net.au a
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: SERVFAIL, id: 810
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;mydomain.net.au.                   IN      A

;; Query time: 4 msec
;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1)
;; WHEN: Mon Aug 18 06:38:33 2003
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 29


If I setup E-smith via Configuration screens to use the External DNS of my DSL ISP then it resolves correctly.

Any pointers as to where I should look for a possible cause will be appreciated.

The Box has AWSTATS, Port Opening and System Monitor contribs loaded, other than that it is standard.

PS: I searched all through the Forum archives and the only similar issue I found was this:
http://forums.contribs.org/index.php?topic=16918.msg65517#msg65517
The recommendations did not help in my case.

Regards
Martin