Date: Fri, 14 Mar 1997 06:48:46 +0100 From: Simon Lindgren <lindgren@istudio.no> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Caching-only DNS? Message-ID: <3.0.1.32.19970314064846.0081ae20@istudio.no> In-Reply-To: <33280A70.41C67EA6@iaces.com> References: <3.0.1.32.19970313100203.0080db80@istudio.no>
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I wrote: >> >> My accessprovider (leased line) runs our DNS requirements on his own >> servers (we do not run >> 'named' or equivalents on our FreeBSD machine). >> >> Recently, nslookup's have started to fail all the time, with "query >> refused" messages. >> This happens only when ran from the shell - using telnet etc to domains work. >> >> I asked them about this, and they said that they've discintinued allowing >> "zone transfers" - and >> that my server probably asks for a zone transfer upon doing a 'nslookup'. >> Another >> possibility was that we ran something called "caching-only DNS'. >> >> How do I disable either? Or is there another solution? Not being able to do >> lookups is a major pain. "Paul T. Root" <proot@horton.iaces.com> wrote: > >The question is, how are you doing queries with nslookup? Are you using >ls? >and what is your query type set as. > ------------------------------------------------------------ I cannot say what query I use with nslookup - when I type 'nslookup' at the prompt, it responds with: *** Can't find server name for address 194.198.118.130: Query refused (194.198.118.130 is our primary DNS) So, I cannot get *into* nslookup at all. Is this our problem, or our ISP's ? Thank you Simon Lindgren lindgren@istudio.no
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