Bind not resolving on it's own

[Barry Margolin]

In article <a7ntc1$k8l at pub3.rc.vix.com>,
Robert Cervantez <rob at DONOTSPAMsymcas-tsg.com> wrote:
>Running Bind 8.2.3 on Slackware 7.1
>
>In my /etc/host.conf I have:
>order host, bind
>multi on
>
>In my /etc/resolv.conf I have:
>domain mydomain.com
>nameserver 127.0.0.1
>
>/etc/named.conf and all the related /var/named files are correctly
>configured, meaning forward and reverse lookups work fine for locally
>defined zones...
>
>If I attempt to resolve an address from a non-local domain, however, it
>fails.  If I add another nameserver entry with an external DNS server's IP
>address, then it works.
>
>My question is.. how do I get around having to add a remote DNS server and
>always use the Root servers as it should be doing??
>
>What am I missing?  Any help is appreciated.

Sounds like a problem with the:

zone "." {
  type hint;
  file "named.root";
};

section of your named.conf file, or the contents of the named.root file.

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