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    Well you can do that.<br>
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    It does not change the fact that NXDOMAIN is a DEFINITIVE answer -
    it does not exist, there is no reason to look further.<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 30/05/13 9:56, Ashok Agarwal wrote:<br>
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      <div dir="ltr">Sorry, its not <b>/etc/hosts</b> file rather its <b>/etc/resolv.conf</b>.<br>
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        <div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 1:25 PM, Ashok
          Agarwal <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
              href="mailto:ashokagarwal.smit@gmail.com" target="_blank">ashokagarwal.smit@gmail.com</a>></span>
          wrote:<br>
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                      <div>One possible way can also be to set the
                        number of nameservers to be looked upon in the
                        /etc/hosts file.<br>
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                      nameserver 8.8.8.8<br>
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                    nameserver 4.4.2.2<br>
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                  nameserver 4.1.2.2<br>
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                Regards,<br>
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              Ashok<br>
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                  <div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 1:05
                    PM, Steven Carr <span dir="ltr"><<a
                        moz-do-not-send="true"
                        href="mailto:sjcarr@gmail.com" target="_blank">sjcarr@gmail.com</a>></span>
                    wrote:<br>
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                      .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">It's
                      not possible. NXDOMAIN is NXDOMAIN, it doesn't
                      exist, it doesn't<br>
                      mean try another server to see if you get lucky
                      next time.<br>
                      <br>
                      Steve<br>
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                          On 30 May 2013 08:26, sumsum 2000 <<a
                            moz-do-not-send="true"
                            href="mailto:sum2hike@gmail.com"
                            target="_blank">sum2hike@gmail.com</a>>
                          wrote:<br>
                          > Hi,<br>
                          > I have the following change to be
                          available from BIND9.<br>
                          ><br>
                          > I have zone forwarders as follows with
                          BIND9 setup with forward only option<br>
                          > on a Non Authoritative DNS server<br>
                          ><br>
                          > zone  "<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                            href="http://mytestdomain101.com"
                            target="_blank">mytestdomain101.com</a>" IN
                           {<br>
                          >         type forward;<br>
                          >         forwarders
                          {8.8.8.8;4.2.2.1;8.8.4.4};<br>
                          >         forward only;<br>
                          > };<br>
                          ><br>
                          ><br>
                          > If I am doing a dig on <a
                            moz-do-not-send="true"
                            href="http://mytestdomain101.com"
                            target="_blank">mytestdomain101.com</a>, the
                          first DNS server gives<br>
                          > NXDOMAIN. In this example, say it tries
                          8.8.8.8 and returns. I would want<br>
                          > the other servers 4.2.2.1 and 8.8.4.4 to
                          be tried and then finally return<br>
                          > NXDOMAIN to have the same functionality
                          as that of the SERVFAIL.<br>
                          ><br>
                          > This is not currently possible and I have
                          tried it on BIND9.8.2  version.<br>
                          > Could you please suggest if there is a
                          way to do it.<br>
                          ><br>
                          > Thanks<br>
                          > Sum2hike<br>
                          ><br>
                          ><br>
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Best regards

Sten Carlsen

No improvements come from shouting:
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