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are not FQDN ...</div>
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maybe <a href="http://www.facebook.com" id="LPlnk">www.facebook.com</a> not only facebook.com</div>
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only facebook.com could be referenced with an A record but maybe not</div>
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<a href="http://www.facebook.com" id="LPlnk">www.facebook.com</a> is a right query<br>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font style="font-size:11pt" face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> bind-users <bind-users-bounces@lists.isc.org> on behalf of upen <upendra.gandhi@gmail.com><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, November 21, 2020 9:53 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> bind-users@lists.isc.org <bind-users@lists.isc.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Servfail on Bind -9.16.1</font>
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<div dir="ltr">Hello,
<div>I just installed a simple caching Bind9 using the package provided by Ubuntu 20.04(64bit) OS.</div>
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<div>I am not able to look up domains successfully and getting SERVFAILs</div>
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<div>$ dig @<a href="http://127.0.0.1">127.0.0.1</a> -t A <a href="http://facebook.com">
facebook.com</a><br>
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; <<>> DiG 9.16.1-Ubuntu <<>> @<a href="http://127.0.0.1">127.0.0.1</a> -t A <a href="http://facebook.com">
facebook.com</a><br>
; (1 server found)<br>
;; global options: +cmd<br>
;; Got answer:<br>
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: SERVFAIL, id: 53918<br>
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1<br>
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;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:<br>
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 4096<br>
; COOKIE: fed86438ea8e1ae0010000005fb97d690fedfa8d92731165 (good)<br>
;; QUESTION SECTION:<br>
;<a href="http://facebook.com">facebook.com</a>. IN A<br>
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;; Query time: 4 msec<br>
;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1)<br>
;; WHEN: Sat Nov 21 14:49:45 CST 2020<br>
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 69<br>
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$ dig @<a href="http://127.0.0.1">127.0.0.1</a> -t A <a href="http://yahoo.com">yahoo.com</a><br>
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; <<>> DiG 9.16.1-Ubuntu <<>> @<a href="http://127.0.0.1">127.0.0.1</a> -t A <a href="http://yahoo.com">
yahoo.com</a><br>
; (1 server found)<br>
;; global options: +cmd<br>
;; Got answer:<br>
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: SERVFAIL, id: 20121<br>
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1<br>
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;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:<br>
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 4096<br>
; COOKIE: dc35adc3d4164427010000005fb97d6d9b599c886356e697 (good)<br>
;; QUESTION SECTION:<br>
;<a href="http://yahoo.com">yahoo.com</a>. IN A<br>
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;; Query time: 224 msec<br>
;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1)<br>
;; WHEN: Sat Nov 21 14:49:49 CST 2020<br>
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 66</div>
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<div># cat /etc/bind/named.conf.options<br>
acl whitelist {<br>
127.0.0.1;<br>
localhost;<br>
};<br>
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options {<br>
directory "/var/cache/bind";<br>
recursion yes;<br>
allow-query { whitelist; };<br>
allow-recursion { whitelist ; };<br>
querylog yes;<br>
};<br>
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<div># ps -ef | grep named<br>
bind 3260 1 0 14:31 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/named -f -4 -u bind<br>
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Could you someone guide me to troubleshoot this further? Thank you for the list.</div>
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<div>Thanks,</div>
<div>Upen</div>
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