[SunHELP] dns server - nslookup

R.I.Pienaar sunhelp at sunhelp.org
Mon Mar 5 03:26:53 CST 2001


hi,

the problem is in nslookup, it insists that DNS servers have PTR records.

try this:

dig any something.com @10.15.18.124

that should give you valid responces.

if it gives you a good responce, add a PTR zone for your IPs and it will work.

On Sun Mar 04, 2001 at 08:11:01PM -0500, Vivas Inga, Yovana Mery wrote:
> Hi,
> I have just set up a DNS server (just for my private network 10.15.18.0),
> when I started de dameon "named" I got the massage :
> 
> 	Mar  4 19:18:20 cw2 named[13485]: Ready to answer queries.
> 
> It seems that there was no problem, but when I start nslookup I get the
> following:
> 
> 56hostname# nslookup
> *** Can't find server name for address 10.15.18.124: Server failed
> *** Default servers are not available
> 57hostname# 
> 
> I also give you my /etc/resolv.conf file:
> domain domainforus
> search
> nameserver 10.15.18.124
> 
> Can you tell me please what could be wrong with this configuration?
> thanks for your help, greetings.
> Mery
> 
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