Date: Thu, 26 Mar 1998 14:14:54 -0600 (CST) From: "Paul T. Root" <proot@horton.iaces.com> To: jms@caja-granada.es (Jose Megias Sanchez) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: dns lookup by ip-address wrong Message-ID: <199803262014.OAA22326@horton.iaces.com> In-Reply-To: <MAPI.Id.0016.006d7320202020203030303330303033@MAPI.to.RFC822> from Jose Megias Sanchez at "Mar 26, 98 08:10:20 pm"
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In a previous message, Jose Megias Sanchez said: > When I try to look for a machine of my lan by its ip-address then name return is wrong. For example I use the command nslookup jms, the answer is: > > Server: mulhacen.caja.es > Address: 0.0.0.0 > > Name: jms.caja.es > Address: 130.130.105.3 > > > if I try the command nslookup 130.130.105.3, the answer is: > > Server: mulhacen.caja.es > Address: 0.0.0.0 > > Name: jms.130.130.in-addr.arpa > Address: 130.130.105.3 > > where the name return is different. What's wrong? > I'd say your reverse lookup table is wrong. A PTR record wants to point to a fully qualified name. ie: $ORIGIN 105.130.130.in-addr.arpa. 3 IN PTR jms.caja.es. Be sure to have the . at the end. -- If you saw a lawyer riding down the road on a bicycle, why wouldn't you swerve to hit it? It's probably your bike! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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