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This bug is created as a clone of upstream ticket:
https://fedorahosted.org/bind-dyndb-ldap/ticket/167

Originally reported to FreeIPA: https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/ticket/6195

= Problem =
* What does not work as expected?
Global forwarding breaks when DNS root zone is removed.

== Steps to Reproduce ==
1. configure global forwarder in server's config in LDAP
 * e.g. `ipa dnsserver-mod` command
2. dig existing.but.forwarded.name.example. A
 * should return an IP address
3. add DNS root zone
4. delete DNS root zone
5. dig existing.but.forwarded.name.example. A
 * the answer does not contain A record because forwarding is broken

No messages indicating the problem are logged.

According to Martin Basti it used to work so it must be a regression in latest version.

Patch is on review upstream:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/freeipa-devel/2016-August/msg00268.html

Fixed by commits:
d6e413c4cc88101b902d73e05e1ce35e2fe4aedd
b40976263460d8f4aeeec2a2a8f41cc54dcd0b28

Created attachment 1198287 [details]
evidence

Verified

10.0-4

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2016-2375.html