On 21/10/2011 16:27, Les Mikesell wrote: > On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 4:12 AM, Giles Coochey<giles at coochey.net> wrote: >> I have two Centos 6 servers running BIND. >> >> I have configured the two servers to run internal zones as a master / >> slave setup. >> >> My gateway runs DNSmasq and I would like all other requests for lookups to >> be sent to the DNSmasq system. >> >> I have added the following: >> >> forward first; >> forwarders { >> 172.16.0.1; >> }; >> >> Where 172.16.0.1 is the host running DNSmasq. >> >> For some reason I still cannot resolve anything outside my network. >> >> Any pointers? > Your servers running bind should be able to resolve outside names > with or without a forwarder if they have internet access. Are you > sure /etc/resolv.conf is pointing to the right nameservers? Try > using 'dig @resolver_ip some_name' to test both the dnsmasq system > and your bind servers individually. > ugg... turns out I had a rather embarassing typo in named.conf... it all works now.