nslookup: can't find server name for ... <again, sorry>
Mark_Andrews at isc.org
Mark_Andrews at isc.org
Tue Oct 19 08:35:15 UTC 1999
>
> Hi All,
>
> I am having this irritating error message when trying to do a nslookup "canno
> t find server name for address 192.168.1.5. Server failed. Default servers ar
> e not available."
You are using a modern nslookup? Old nslookups used inverse
queries. These have bad properties and no longer supported.
> I have gone through the FAQ posted here and everything seems ok. Also I have
> noticed that if I stop NDC and issue ps -aux there is still a named running -
> but issuing kill does not kill it. ?
>
> Here is the files I have on the test machine:
>
> named.conf
> options {
> directory "/var/named";
> };
>
> zone "idws.com" {
> type master;
> file "idws.com";
> };
>
> zone "0.0.127.in-addr.arpa" {
> type master;
> file "named.local";
> };
>
> zone "1.168.192.in-addr.arpa" {
> type master;
> file "192.168.1.5";
> };
You have no root zone.
>
>
> idws.com:
> @ IN SOA zeus.idws.com. hostmaster.zeus.idws.com. (
> 99101901 ;
> 10800 ;
> 3600 ;
> 3600000 ;
> 86400 ) ;
> IN NS zeus.idws.com.
> IN A 192.168.1.5
> IN MX 10 zeus.idws.com.
>
> zeus IN A 192.168.1.5
> www IN A zeus.idws.com.
> localhost IN A 127.0.0.1
>
> named.local:
> @ IN SOA localhost.root.localhost. (
> 1999101901 ;
> 28800 ;
> 14400 ;
> 3600000 ;
> 86400 ) ;
> IN NS zeus.idws.com.
> 1 IN PTR localhost.
>
> 192.168.1.5:
There should be a space before the '('.
> @ IN SOA zeus.idws.com. hostmaster.zeus.idws.com.(
> 99101901 ;
> 10800 ;
> 3600 ;
> 3600000 ;
> 86400 ) ;
> @ IN NS zeus.idws.com.
> 5 IN PTR zeus.idws.com.
The following record is not needed.
> 5.1.168.192 IN PTR zeus.idws.com.
>
> /etc/resolv.conf
> domain zeus.idws.com
> nameserver 192.168.1.5
>
> Any help will be appreciated as I am relatively new to this - and going throu
> gh it myself over and over again might be why I don't find the problem ... ?
>
When looking for problems, check the syslog. It is also useful to
report the version of software you have a problem with as there are
often "well known" problems with particular versions.
> Thanking you in advance,
> Tony
Mark
--
Mark Andrews, Internet Software Consortium
1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia
PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: marka at isc.org
More information about the bind-users
mailing list