[SunHELP] Bind 9.2.3

[Lara Matthews]

Hi Vermette

Vermette, Matt Spawar (723) wrote:

> Do you have a mailhost entry in the following files:
> /etc/hosts
> /etc/sendmail.cf
>  

Why would I put it in hosts when IO want to use DNS to look it up? 
Surly that defeats the point of having a central dns server if I have to 
edit each individual host file?

I will not be using sendmail so I don't have a sendmail.cf


> also, your entry in the /etc/nsswitch.conf file for hosts should reflect:
> hosts:    files,dns
>

Yep thanks checked that.

Cheers

Lara

> 	-----Original Message----- 
> 	From: sunhelp-bounces at sunhelp.org on behalf of Lara Matthews 
> 	Sent: Tue 5/25/2004 6:23 AM 
> 	To: The SunHELP List 
> 	Cc: 
> 	Subject: [SunHELP] Bind 9.2.3
> 	
> 	
> 
> 	Hi
> 	
> 	I wonder if someone can help me.
> 	
> 	I am trying to configure bind 9 on solaris 9 and I think I have a basic
> 	config up and working but nslookup and dig are coming back with strange
> 	responses.
> 	
> 	if I dig mailhost.accesscomputing.co.uk I get an answer with the address
> 	I would expect.
> 	
> 	However if I dig mailhost then I get :
> 	
> 	; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> mailhost
> 	;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
> 	;; res_nsend to server default -- 213.128.229.177: Connection timed out
> 	
> 	nslookup does not want to seem to play at all:
> 	
> 	# nslookup mailhost
> 	*** Can't find server name for address 213.128.229.177: No response from
> 	server
> 	*** Default servers are not available
> 	
> 	# nslookup mailhost.accesscomputing.co.uk
> 	*** Can't find server name for address 213.128.229.177: No response from
> 	server
> 	*** Default servers are not available
> 	
> 	Any suggestions why a fully qualified name would work in dig but not an
> 	unqualified name?
> 	
> 	Cheers
> 	
> 	Lara
> 	
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