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From: "Paul T. Root" <proot@horton.iaces.com>
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To: Simon Lindgren <lindgren@istudio.no>
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Subject: Re: Caching-only DNS?
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Simon Lindgren wrote:
> 
> 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.

Now that's weird. I tried it and just got in with no problem:

$ nslookup
Default Server:  horton.iaces.com
Address:  204.147.87.98
 
> server 194.198.118.130
Default Server:  nic.webconnect.no
Address:  194.198.118.130
 
> 

> Is this our problem, or our ISP's ?

Well it doesn't appear to be the ISP. But you say telnet does a 
query fine and you get connected.

What's your resolv.conf look like? Make sure there aren't any
trailing spaces on any lines. You'll want it to look something 
like:

domain istudio.no
nameserver 194.198.118.130

And by the way, I just did an 'ls istudio.no.' on that server
and then set myself up as a secondary. Both worked fine. 

It looks like is was there problem, and they've fixed it.

Paul.
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