PowerDNS, returns SOA record only

domain-name-systempowerdns

I have setup powerdns server, I'm satisfied with basic functionalities.

users in my domain are unable to access example.com unless they use www.example.com

when I use host command 

 host example.com 127.0.0.1

I get 

; <<>> DiG 9.8.2rc1-RedHat-9.8.2-0.10.rc1.el6_3.6 <<>> @localhost example.com
; (2 servers found)
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 45277
;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0
;; WARNING: recursion requested but not available

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;example.com.INA

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
example.com.300INSOAdns.example.com. hostmaster.example.com. 1 86400 86400 604800 300

;; Query time: 2 msec
;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1)
;; WHEN: Tue Jan 29 11:06:15 2013
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 80

the query doesn't return server ip only when I use www.example.com or ftp.example.com is there is a work around for this?

Thanks

Best Answer

OKay, I have found a solution, if you are using a nice UI such as (PowerDNS Webinterface) to manage your powerDNS server, you need to create an "empty" A record pointing to your IP address

example

  1. Add new record.
  2. Under value section "leave it empty" this will resemble the @ root zone file and have it point to your DNS IP address.
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