Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 17:14:26 -0400 From: Mitch Collinsworth <mkc@Graphics.Cornell.EDU> To: Cliff Addy <fbsdlist@federation.addy.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DNS setup problem, "Can't find server name" Message-ID: <199909232114.AA020831267@broccoli.graphics.cornell.edu> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 23 Sep 1999 16:55:51 EDT." <Pine.BSF.3.95q.990923164705.7453A-100000@federation.addy.com>
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>On Thu, 23 Sep 1999, Mitch Collinsworth wrote: > >> >*** Can't find server name for address 207.239.68.71: Timed out >> >*** Default servers are not available >> >> >> You need an in-addr.arpa entry for the server. This is a bizarre > >Well, I thought of that. The ip of the machine is being reversed, e.g. > >71.68.239.207.in-addr.arpa. IN PTR spock.addy.com. > >These files are identical to the conf files that are working fine on >another DNS machine. I don't doubt your zone files are the same, but I do suspect this one isn't getting read. Possibly a typo in your named.conf. The cause of nslookup giving the error message above is lack of in-addr.arpa resolution for the server's IP address. -Mitch To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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