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To: Roland Krocin <roland@netchicago.net>
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Subject: Re: nslookup and named
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From: Ashley Baumann <ashleyb@sco.com>
Date: 25 Feb 1997 09:20:21 +0000
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If you set RES_OPTIONS=debug in your environment, you can see what
operations are being performed by the resolver library.

In the case that hangs I get :
;; QUESTIONS:
;;	ns1.netchicago.net, type = A, class = IN

;; ANSWERS:
ns1.netchicago.net.	3398	IN	A	205.164.13.70
;; res_mkquery(0, 70.13.164.205.in-addr.arpa, 1, 12)
timeout (5 secs)
timeout (10 secs)
timeout (20 secs)
timeout (40 secs)

So, for me,  it is hanging doing the reverse lookup.
Check that you get the same results.

13.164.205.in-addr.arpa is served by KITTEN.MCS.COM and CEREBUS.MCS.COM.

Neither of these want to tell me who 70.13.164.in-addr.arpa is.
Verify that the in-addr entries been set up/delegated correctly.

Ashleyb

> On Sun, 23 Feb 1997, Roland Krocin wrote:
> 
> > Hello,
> > 	I'm running FBSD 2.1.6 and have recently been having a problem with
> > nslookup, namely when I do a (on the ns1 machine)
> > 
> > % nslookup - ns1.netchicago.net
> > *** Can't find server name for address 205.164.13.70: Server failed
> > *** Default servers are not available  
> > 
> > ...and it falls back to the prompt. Yet when I run nslookup without any
> > parameters it goes to the default localhost (which is the same as the
> > ns1 machine) fine. The above machine is registered with internic and
> > appears in /etc/hosts. Is this some sort of a namedb zone problem (yes,
> > the machine is listed in the zone db file as well)? Thanks to everyone
> > in advance!!