configuration of Bind and nslookup

Brian A Bucher babucher at mit.edu
Fri Jun 23 15:41:19 UTC 2000


Kevin Darcy (kcd at daimlerchrysler.com) wrote:

: /etc/resolv.conf is what resolvers like "nslookup" use to find a nameserver.
: /etc/named.conf is only used by nameservers.


Hiya,

Would you be able to offer me some advice on how I go about
figuring out what is wrong with nslookup and why it won't
use 204.167.104.162 as the server?

Thanks,
Brian


[~](14)$ hostname -i
204.167.104.162 

[~](15)$ more /etc/resolv.conf
search n-p-i.net
nameserver 204.167.104.162
nameserver 192.233.85.129

[~](16)$ nslookup
*** Can't find server name for address 204.167.104.162: Non-existent host/domain
Default Server:  frigate.shore.net
Address:  192.233.85.129

> exit

[~](17)$ ps -aux | grep named
root       546  0.0  0.3  2200 1004 ?        S    10:08   0:00 named

[~](18)$ telnet 204.167.104.162 53
Trying 204.167.104.162...
Connected to npisrv1.n-p-i.net (204.167.104.162).
Escape character is '^]'.
^]quit

Connection closed.

[~](19)$ grep domain /etc/services
domain          53/tcp          nameserver      # name-domain server
domain          53/udp          nameserver

[~](21)$ 





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