From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jul 25 16:43:15 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA15838 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 25 Jul 1998 16:43:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from cyclops.xtra.co.nz (cyclops.xtra.co.nz [202.27.184.96]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA15833 for ; Sat, 25 Jul 1998 16:43:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from junkmale@pop3.xtra.co.nz) Received: from wocker (210-55-210-87.ipnets.xtra.co.nz [210.55.210.87]) by cyclops.xtra.co.nz (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id LAA08427; Sun, 26 Jul 1998 11:42:13 +1200 (NZST) Message-Id: <199807252342.LAA08427@cyclops.xtra.co.nz> From: "Dan Langille" Organization: DVL Software Limited To: djv@bedford.net Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1998 11:42:13 +1200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: Re: named vs hosts (and qpopper) Reply-to: junkmale@xtra.co.nz CC: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-reply-to: <199807252312.TAA28801@lucy.bedford.net> References: <199807252142.JAA25267@cyclops.xtra.co.nz> from Dan Langille at "Jul 26, 98 09:42:18 am" X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v3.01b) Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 25 Jul 98, at 19:12, CyberPeasant wrote: > Well, I think we need a peek into the zone files. > > The client in your local LAN, right? Do you have reverse lookup OK in the > zone file for in-addr.arpa? Yes, the client is in my local lan. I assume by 'zone file', this is my /etc/namedb/named.local file. > > Assuming the client is box12.local.net 10.0.0.12, try: > The client in question is wocker 192.168.0.99. I have a section in my /etc/namedb/named.local file which contains: $ORIGIN 0.168.192.IN-ADDR-ARPA 99 IN PTR wocker.dvl-software.co.nz. My upstream host nameserver is alien.xtra.co.nz 202.27.184.3 > $ nslookup > [message about localhost being the server] *** Can't find server name for address 192.168.0.20: Non-existant host/domain Server: alien.xtra.co.nz Address: 202.27.184.3 > > > box12 > Tell us what it says Server: alien.xtra.co.nz Address: 202.27.184.3 *** can't find wocker: non-existant host/domain > > > box12.local.net > Tell us what it says > *** can't find wocker.dvl-software.co.nz: non-existant host/domain > > 12.0.0.10.in-addr.arpa > Tell us what it says > *** can't find 99.0.168.192.in-addr.arpa: non-existant host/domain -- Dan Langille DVL Software Limited http://www.dvl-software.com/freebsd : my [mis]adventures To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message