From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 10 18:20:24 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5DFEE16A408 for ; Mon, 10 Apr 2006 18:20:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from pi.codefab.com (pi.codefab.com [199.103.21.227]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2362343D53 for ; Mon, 10 Apr 2006 18:20:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pi.codefab.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 89AC35EFA; Mon, 10 Apr 2006 14:20:20 -0400 (EDT) Received: from pi.codefab.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (pi.codefab.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 51413-03; Mon, 10 Apr 2006 14:20:19 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [199.103.21.238] (pan.codefab.com [199.103.21.238]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pi.codefab.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 301885C73; Mon, 10 Apr 2006 14:20:19 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <20060410135448.GA10388@rebelion.Sisis.de> References: <20060410135448.GA10388@rebelion.Sisis.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v749.3) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <5D8E578D-A0C1-4A34-B9D9-AFED3143D024@mac.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Charles Swiger Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 14:20:18 -0400 To: Matthias.Apitz@Sisis.de X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.749.3) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at codefab.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /etc/resolv.conf with 3 nameservers X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 18:20:24 -0000 On Apr 10, 2006, at 9:54 AM, guru@Sisis.de wrote: > $ cat /etc/resolv.conf > domain Sisis.de > nameserver 10.0.1.201 > nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx > nameserver yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy > > But only the 1st one (10.0.1.201) is contacted to make the name lookup > (I've checked this with trussing a 'ping whatever.domain.com') and if > it does not know the addr, while the second one would know it, it does > not resolve. > > Do I miss something? If your nameserver at 10.whatever is returning NXDOMAIN, the resolver has gotten an answer and never asks for a second opinion from other nameservers. Fix your 10.whatever nameserver... -- -Chuck