From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Aug 9 12:15: 4 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mgw1.MEIway.com (mgw1.meiway.com [212.73.210.75]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4412A37B401 for ; Thu, 9 Aug 2001 12:14:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from LConrad@Go2France.com) Received: from mail.Go2France.com (ms1.meiway.com [212.73.210.73]) by mgw1.MEIway.com (Postfix Relay Hub) with ESMTP id C943B16B2E; Thu, 9 Aug 2001 21:14:54 +0200 (CEST) Received: from IBM-HIRXKN66F0W.Go2France.com [195.115.185.184] by mail.Go2France.com with ESMTP (SMTPD32-6.06) id A35E175601FC; Thu, 09 Aug 2001 21:24:14 +0200 Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.0.20010809210818.0297ee78@mail.Go2France.com> X-Sender: LConrad@Go2France.com@mail.Go2France.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2001 21:15:44 +0200 To: Hassan Halta From: Len Conrad Subject: Re: DNS and nslookup problem Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20010808214918.R14553-100000@quark.cs.earlham.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >Here's a problem, say I am using nslookup to look for ibm.net, but when I >do that, I will get ibm.net.cs.earlham.edu instead on ibm.net by itself, >or non existence domain...etc. # dig ibm.net any ; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> ibm.net any ;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch ;; got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 4 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 4, AUTHORITY: 3, ADDITIONAL: 3 ;; QUERY SECTION: ;; ibm.net, type = ANY, class = IN ;; ANSWER SECTION: ibm.net. 12h31m51s IN NS NS4.US.PRSERV.net. ibm.net. 12h31m51s IN NS NS3.US.PRSERV.net. ibm.net. 12h31m51s IN NS NS1.US.PRSERV.net. ibm.net. 3h56m45s IN SOA master.US.PRSERV.net. dns.us.ibm.com. ( 993748821 ; serial 2H ; refresh 1H ; retry 1W ; expiry 4H ) ; minimum ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: ibm.net. 12h31m51s IN NS NS4.US.PRSERV.net. ibm.net. 12h31m51s IN NS NS3.US.PRSERV.net. ibm.net. 12h31m51s IN NS NS1.US.PRSERV.net. ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION: NS4.US.PRSERV.net. 13h11m26s IN A 165.87.201.244 NS3.US.PRSERV.net. 13h11m26s IN A 165.87.201.243 NS1.US.PRSERV.net. 12h31m50s IN A 165.87.194.244 > At the beginning it seems to be a missing >period problem, but I assure you it's not. ??? > A friend of mine fixed it >temporarly if she adds nslookup -nosea , and everything goes fine, but if >someone is using us as a nameserver, that will not help. I was wondering >if there are some ways to solve or debug this problem. use dig It sure looks like your resolver is qualifying ibm.net with the default domain. What does nslookup ibm.net. give? Len http://MenAndMice.com/DNS-training http://BIND8NT.MEIway.com : ISC BIND 8.2.4 for NT4 & W2K http://IMGate.MEIway.com : Build free, hi-perf, anti-abuse mail gateways To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message