resolv.conf problem??
Michael Voight
mvoight at cisco.com
Thu Aug 12 20:24:58 UTC 1999
Well, it would be helpful to know if these are the first 3 entries, or
whether there are more domain names in between,
Michael
"Martin, Kevin" wrote:
>
> What version of Bind are you using? I reported this same problem when using
> Bind 8.2.1 and the nslookup that comes w/ it. An nslookup wouldn't search
> the list of domains and find the resulting address. I was told not to use
> nslookup but to use Dig. Only Dig won't use the search list either!!!
> Seems somebody should fix nslookup to work correctly.
>
> Kevin Martin
> Bank of America
> Firewall/DNS/SMTP/Network Admin.
> kevinm at crt.com
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Michael Voight [mailto:mvoight at cisco.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 1999 12:52 PM
> > To: Bennett Samowich
> > Cc: bind-users at isc.org
> > Subject: Re: resolv.conf problem??
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Bennett Samowich wrote:
> > >
> > > Greetings,
> > >
> > > This is a simple matter I'm sure...
> > >
> > > We have set up several sub-domains in our system and are
> > experiencing some
> > > weirdness with regards to name resolution. I figure that
> > it is in the
> > > resolv.conf file but I'm not sure.
> > >
> > > Here is what is going on:
> > >
> > > * The DNS servers reside on the primary domain.
> > >
> > > * /etc/resolv.conf (remaining sub-domains removed for simplicity)
> > > search fsproduce.com madc.fsproduce.com training.fsproduce.com
> > > nameserver 172.16.1.3
> > > nameserver 172.16.1.7
> > > nameserver 204.249.184.2
> > >
> > > * zones
> > > fsproduce.com
> > > madc.fsproduce.com
> > > training.fsproduce.com
> > > -- etc --
> > >
> > > * PROBLEM (host1 is on the training subnet)
> > > When I query for host1 DNS can't find the address,
> > > however, when I query for host1.training is does.
> > >
> > > #> nslookup host1
> > > Server: vpn1.madc.fsproduce.com
> > > Address: 172.16.1.3
> > >
> > > *** vpn1.madc.fsproduce.com can't find host1:
> > Non-existent host/domain
> >
> > Clearly a resolver problem.... The file section you showed looks ago,
> > unless there are unprintable character in it. What happens if training
> > is second in the list? Delete the line and recreate it with only the 3
> > domains listed.
> >
> > Just to clarify. You are running the query on the server itself?
> >
> > Michael
> >
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