Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 08:13:05 -0500 From: "Jason Holland" <jphollan@earthlink.net> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, <freebsd-net@freebsd.org>, <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Non-recoverable failure in name resolution Message-ID: <NDBBKPLIMKJCOCFNKHBLOEDEDBAA.jphollan@earthlink.net>
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hello all, i'm having a problem i hope someone can help out with. i've searched the mailing lists, bug reports and newsgroups and haven't found much information on this problem. i've seen it reported in a few places, but with no reply to a fix or answer. i'm running Freebsd 4.1 stable, installed from the latest ISO grabbed off ftp.freebsd.org 2 days ago. i have setup a dns server, running bind 8.2.3-T5B from stable. nslookup returns correct information when i do host lookups bash-2.04# nslookup cs.selu.edu Server: localhost Address: 127.0.0.1 Name: cs.selu.edu Address: 147.174.59.5 bash-2.04# however, when i try to telnet, ssh or ftp to that address, i get this bash-2.04# telnet cs.selu.edu cs.selu.edu: Non-recoverable failure in name resolution bash-2.04# my /etc/host.conf file looks like this bash-2.04# cat /etc/host.conf order hosts,bind multi on bash-2.04# my /etc/resolv.conf file looks like this bash-2.04# cat /etc/resolv.conf search xxxxxxx.net nameserver 127.0.0.1 bash-2.04# my hostname, ip, and routes are correct, and i have network connectivity as telnet, ftp and ssh work correctly if i specify the IP address, instead of hostname. but who wants to type in an ip address everytime? :) btw, i tried adding a specific entry in my /etc/hosts file for that address, and i still get the same non-recoverable failure. and though i compiled a new kernel, it has no firewall support, so nothing is being blocked. one last point. if i shutdown the dns server, and put my isp's dns servers in resolv.conf, i get the same error. how can my dns server return a correct query via nslookup, but ftp, telnet or ssh fail??? this is very weird, not to mention annoying! if anyone could help me out, or point me in the right direction, i'd appreciate it. thanks!! jason To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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