I having what I assume to be is a common problem, but I can't quite find a solution for it. I can't locate domain my domain.

[Kevin Darcy]

Apparently there is no SOA record for esasim.csd.uwo.ca. Should there be? What
is the relevant zone structure here, and what do the relevant named.conf and
zone file(s) look like?

The reason that nslookup is "resetting" your server is because apparently
129.100.abc.def reverse-resolves back to "bender.homer.csd.uwo.ca". But as
long as "bender.homer.csd.uwo.ca" and "bender.esasim.csd.uwo.ca" resolve to
the same IP address, it's purely a cosmetic difference which of those two
names appears in the Server: line.

By the way, nslookup sucks. Use "dig" instead. If you insist on using
nslookup, at least turn on debug so that we can see what it's actually doing.


- Kevin

Erol wrote:

> I having what I assume to be is a common problem, but I can't quite find a
> solution for it. I can't locate my domain when I run nslookup. I'm finding
> no errors in the syslog when my nameserver starts-up; so I'm assuming my
> datafiles are correct. When I use nslookup, I can make all the changes
> without any errors, but when I exit the program, the server gets set to the
> old one, and it won't find my domain. Here's what I get:
>
> (altered for security)
>
> bender:~> nslookup
> Default Server:  bender.homer.csd.uwo.ca
> Address:  129.100.abc.def
>
> > server bender.esasim.csd.uwo.ca
> Default Server:  bender.esasim.csd.uwo.ca
> Address:  129.100.abc.def
>
> > set querytype=SOA
> > set domain=esasim.csd.uwo.ca
> > set root=esasim.csd.uwo.ca
> > set all
> Default Server:  bender.esasim.csd.uwo.ca
> Address:  129.100.abc.def
>
> Set options:
>   nodebug     defname   search   recurse
>   nod2    novc    noignoretc   port=53
>   querytype=SOA   class=IN   timeout=5   retry=4
>   root=esasim.csd.uwo.ca
>   domain=esasim.csd.uwo.ca
>   srchlist=esasim.csd.uwo.ca/csd.uwo.ca/uwo.ca
>
> > exit
> bender:~> nslookup esasim
> Server:  bender.homer.csd.uwo.ca
> Address:  129.100.abc.def
>
> *** bender.homer.csd.uwo.ca can't find esasim: Non-existent host/domain
> bender:~>
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions/comments to what I should be doing, or
> shouldn't be doing?