Nameserver only looking up local domains?

Hi,

I'm having trouble with my dedicated server (RH9 running BIND 9.2.1).

Any attempt to lookup a remote domain from the server fails:
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[root@ns root]# nslookup -sil microsoft.com
Server: 127.0.0.1
Address: 127.0.0.1#53

Non-authoritative answer:
*** Can't find microsoft.com: No answer
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Yet any lookup of local domains are fine:
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[root@ns root]# nslookup -sil valeit.com
Server: 127.0.0.1
Address: 127.0.0.1#53

Name: valeit.com
Address: 217.199.172.103
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It is definately a BIND problem because when I kill the named process domain lookups work fine.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Many thanks
Kev

set 'recursion yes;' in your options {} block. This is either in named.conf or a file included by named.conf.

That seems to have worked, an nslookup query now shows:
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[root@ns admin]# nslookup -sil www.runwindsor.com
Server: 127.0.0.1
Address: 127.0.0.1#53

Non-authoritative answer:
Name: www.runwindsor.com
Address: 195.12.2.17
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Why does it say it's Non authoritative though, is that normal?

Also I can now dow whois queries on the server.

Yes it is normal to get non-authoritative responses. It just means your server doesn't host that domain so it is not "authoritative". Look up the definition of the word if ya want. It was a word since before computers existed.

That's great, thanks a lot for your help