Reverse Lookup Query...

[Pat Masterson]

On Tue, 16 Jan 2001, Barry Margolin wrote:
> 
> Server address 0.0.0.0 is what you get if you don't have an
> /etc/resolv.conf file.  It means to use the default server address, which
> is the local machine's IP address.
> 
 Some new SOlaris installs will not create an /etc/resolv.conf even if 
you specify the domain search and nameserver IPs for it. And some linux 
DHCP clients will change the permissions of /etc/resolv.conf from 644 to 
600 when updating DHCP lease information.
 As a result, non-root users will not be able to resolve names, and 
nslookup will give you that 0.0.0.0 address even if you do have a 
resolv.conf file.



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