Confirmed in Lucid with pdns 2.9.22-9ubuntu2 . If the zone doesn't have a zone file, it gets transferred, with unescaped space between "foo bar", but then at the next reload, it can't load the zone because that record is incorrect.
Nov 28 11:22:00 ximi pdns[22657]: Database module reported condition which prevented lookup (Zone for 'josefsson.org' in '/etc/powerdns/josefsson.org' temporarily not available (file missing, or master dead)) sending out servfail The file is there, it just got transferred a minute ago. ** Changed in: pdns (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/706611 Title: cannot handle space in domainname as slave DNS To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pdns/+bug/706611/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs