Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 10:21:00 -0400 From: Mitch Collinsworth <mkc@Graphics.Cornell.EDU> To: "Langa Kentane" <evablunted@earthling.net> Cc: "FreeBSD" <Freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: DNS problems Message-ID: <199909201421.AA205127260@broccoli.graphics.cornell.edu> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 20 Sep 1999 09:50:44 %2B0200." <003301bf033d$1710f960$3ba8ef9b@sunnet.co.za>
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>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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