[SPARCbook] Silly Nameserver Problem

Tue Jan 25 02:40:27 CST 2000

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On Mon, 24 Jan 2000, Eric Busto wrote:
>    I have a Linux box, with the IP 10.0.0.1, acting as a masquerading 
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> su-2.01# nslookup www.doot.org
> *** Can't find server name for address 10.0.0.1: Non-existent host/domain
> 
> Anyone know why it works fine from within nslookup, but when nslookup uses 
> the /etc/resolv.conf entry, it complains?  Note that if I replace 10.0.0.1 
> with the IP address of my ISP's nameserver, the query goes out over the 
> dialup interface, and returns the correct information back to the sparcbook. 
>   Also, there is an entry in /etc/hosts for 10.0.0.1

If you are running a local DNS server (as you seem to have stated),
make 10.0.0.1 reverse resolve.  That will solve your problem.

No charge.

Scott
ps: and, yes, this is silly.