Primary DNS only resolving external addresses

[Kevin Darcy]

Turn on query logging and verify that the clients' queries are actually
getting to your nameserver.

As for the /etc/resolv.conf problem, that's probably some sort of
DHCP process mucking with your system config files.


- Kevin

charles.acheson-crow at burges-salmon.com wrote:

> Hi
>
> I have set up a DNS server on Mandrake 8 using BIND 9.1.1.
>
> I used a version of h2n to create the various files needed to set up
> the server.
>
> I downloaded the latest version of named.root from rs.internic.net and
> started the server.
>
> It wouldn't work until I set the domain name option on resolv.conf and
> then to all intents and purposes it worked like a dream. Resolved any
> lan address and most external addresses.
>
> The problem comes when trying to use it as the primary dns for
> machines on the LAN. If we try to resolve any addresses from a machine
> on the LAN the nameserver returns 'non-existent domain' and yet when I
> use nslookup on the machine itself it works perfectly.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Also I cannot get the machine to retain it's static IP and domain
> name. It loses the IP address each time is rebooted and comments out
> the domain option in resolv.conf.
>
> Any help would be gratefully received
>
> Charlie