[SunHELP] Bind 9.2.3

Tue May 25 08:27:59 CDT 2004

A search entry would be good!

Matthew A. Vermette
Honeywell Technology Solutions Inc.
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-----Original Message-----
From: sunhelp-bounces at sunhelp.org [mailto:sunhelp-bounces at sunhelp.org]
On Behalf Of Vipul Bhadra
Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2004 9:19 AM
To: The SunHELP List
Subject: RE: [SunHELP] Bind 9.2.3

Hi Lara ,

I think u will also need the line

search 	accesscomputing.co.uk

In the resolv.conf file

Thanks & Regards ,
Vipul Bhadra

-----Original Message-----
From: sunhelp-bounces at sunhelp.org [mailto:sunhelp-bounces at sunhelp.org]On
Behalf Of Lara Matthews
Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2004 6:34 PM
To: The SunHELP List
Subject: Re: [SunHELP] Bind 9.2.3

Hi Vipul

Vipul Bhadra wrote:

> Hi ,
>
> Forgot to mention ... Have you checked ur resolv.conf file ?(am a
> linux
user
> so not sure what this file is called on solaris)
> check the "search"  or "domain" option in this file.
>

my resolv.conf file says:

bash-2.05# more /etc/resolv.conf
domain          accesscomputing.co.uk
nameserver      213.128.229.177

Do I need to have a . (dot) at the end of this one too?

Kind regards

Lara
> Thanks & Regards,
> Vipul Bhadra
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vipul Bhadra
> Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2004 6:16 PM
> To: 'The SunHELP List'
> Subject: RE: [SunHELP] Bind 9.2.3
>
>
> Hi Lara,
>
>
> Not sure but i think that its maybe because in your zone files, you
> need
to
> end fully qualified hostnames with a ".". Otherwise, BIND thinks you
> are using shortcuts and appends the zone file's domain to your entry.
> For example, www.bind.com in the sun.com zone file will become
> www.bind.com.bind.com.
>
> Thanks & Regards ,
> Vipul Bhadra
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sunhelp-bounces at sunhelp.org
> [mailto:sunhelp-bounces at sunhelp.org]On
> Behalf Of Lara Matthews
> Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2004 5:02 PM
> To: The SunHELP List
> Subject: Re: [SunHELP] Bind 9.2.3
>
>
> 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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