Len Conrad: > >>> Did you use the same resolv.conf on the same host. > >> > >>Did you do the lookups as an UNPRIVILEGED user. > >> > >>You are giving zero details, so I have to start at the bottom. > > > >I'm logged into the postscreen machine and su to root to work on postfix and > >run dig.
Well that is your mistake. You must do the tests as an UNPRIVILEGED user. Not root, not group wheel, none of that. It is a very basic beginner mistake to mess up some directory permission so that an unprivileged program no longer works, but all tests as root succeed as expected. Wietse