Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2001 14:18:17 -0500 (EST) From: Hassan Halta <hassan@cs.earlham.edu> To: Len Conrad <LConrad@Go2France.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: DNS and nslookup problem Message-ID: <20010809141652.Y44492-100000@quark.cs.earlham.edu> In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.0.20010809210818.0297ee78@mail.Go2France.com>
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Here's the output of both nslookup and dig
nslookup :
Default Server: cs.earlham.edu
Address: 159.28.230.3
> ibm.net
Server: cs.earlham.edu
Address: 159.28.230.3
Name: ibm.net.cs.earlham.edu
dig :
; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> ibm.net
;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
;; got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 4
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0
;; QUERY SECTION:
;; ibm.net, type = A, class = IN
;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
ibm.net. 34m11s IN SOA master.us.prserv.net.
dns.us.ibm.com. (
993748821 ; serial
2H ; refresh
1H ; retry
1W ; expiry
4H ) ; minimum
;; Total query time: 1 msec
;; FROM: quark.cs.earlham.edu to SERVER: default -- 159.28.230.3
;; WHEN: Thu Aug 9 14:17:51 2001
;; MSG SIZE sent: 25 rcvd: 92
I hope that will help to debug the problem
Thanks a lot,
Hassan
On Thu, 9 Aug 2001, Len Conrad wrote:
> Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2001 21:15:44 +0200
> From: Len Conrad <LConrad@Go2France.com>
> To: Hassan Halta <hassan@cs.earlham.edu>
> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: DNS and nslookup problem
>
>
> >Here's a problem, say I am using nslookup to look for ibm.net, but when I
> >do that, I will get ibm.net.cs.earlham.edu instead on ibm.net by itself,
> >or non existence domain...etc.
>
> # dig ibm.net any
>
> ; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> ibm.net any
> ;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
> ;; got answer:
> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 4
> ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 4, AUTHORITY: 3, ADDITIONAL: 3
> ;; QUERY SECTION:
> ;; ibm.net, type = ANY, class = IN
>
> ;; ANSWER SECTION:
> ibm.net. 12h31m51s IN NS NS4.US.PRSERV.net.
> ibm.net. 12h31m51s IN NS NS3.US.PRSERV.net.
> ibm.net. 12h31m51s IN NS NS1.US.PRSERV.net.
> ibm.net. 3h56m45s IN SOA master.US.PRSERV.net.
> dns.us.ibm.com. (
> 993748821 ; serial
> 2H ; refresh
> 1H ; retry
> 1W ; expiry
> 4H ) ; minimum
>
>
> ;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
> ibm.net. 12h31m51s IN NS NS4.US.PRSERV.net.
> ibm.net. 12h31m51s IN NS NS3.US.PRSERV.net.
> ibm.net. 12h31m51s IN NS NS1.US.PRSERV.net.
>
> ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
> NS4.US.PRSERV.net. 13h11m26s IN A 165.87.201.244
> NS3.US.PRSERV.net. 13h11m26s IN A 165.87.201.243
> NS1.US.PRSERV.net. 12h31m50s IN A 165.87.194.244
>
> > At the beginning it seems to be a missing
> >period problem, but I assure you it's not.
>
> ???
>
> > A friend of mine fixed it
> >temporarly if she adds nslookup -nosea , and everything goes fine, but if
> >someone is using us as a nameserver, that will not help. I was wondering
> >if there are some ways to solve or debug this problem.
>
> use dig
>
> It sure looks like your resolver is qualifying ibm.net with the default domain.
>
> What does
>
> nslookup ibm.net.
>
> give?
>
> Len
>
>
> http://MenAndMice.com/DNS-training
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> http://IMGate.MEIway.com : Build free, hi-perf, anti-abuse mail gateways
>
>
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