Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 20:50:30 +0200 From: "Langa Kentane" <evablunted@earthling.net> To: "Mitch Collinsworth" <mkc@Graphics.Cornell.EDU> Cc: "FreeBSD" <Freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: DNS problems Message-ID: <00c401bf03ac$6c118910$02a8ef9b@sunnet.co.za> References: <199909201421.AA205127260@broccoli.graphics.cornell.edu>
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Hi all. I found the problem. It was my named.conf file. I didn't have the semi colon after defining the root zone and after the 0.0.127.in-addr.arpa zone. Thanks a lot > >Hi y'all > >I have just set up my dns server. While trying to test it with nslookup I > >came across a problem. > > > >I issued the command 'nslookup ewok.sunnet.co.za' and the response was: > >*** Can't find server name for address 127.0.0.1: Server failed > >*** Can't find server name for address 196.25.1.1: Timed out > >*** Default servers are not available > > > >The reason why the second server timed out is coz that server is my isp's > >and am not yet connected to them by leased line. > > > >My resolv.conf looks like this: > >domain sunnet.co.za > >nameserver 127.0.0.1 > >nameserver 196.25.1.1 > > You need an in-addr.arpa entry for 127.0.0.1. This is a bizarre > error mode of nslookup that I really don't understand the need > for. If nslookup is unable to resolve the IP address of the server > it is querying back to a name, rather than just forge on using numbers > it will give up and refuse to work. See p. 67 of the cricket book > (3rd ed.) for details. > > -Mitch > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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