nslookup problems

[Mark.Andrews at iengines.com]

	But errors in your zones can affect how nslookups behave
	on non-local names.

	Turn on debugging to see what nslookup is actually doing.

	Mark

> Sorry, I should have clarified that the zones that it won't find are not 
> ours.  We can find our zones just fine.  These are random zones outside of 
> our network........
> 
> At 03:57 PM 12/8/99 +1100, you wrote:
> >
> >         I would bet that named found errors in your zone files and
> >         as a result the search performed by nslookup is aborting.
> >
> >         Check your syslog (/var/adm/messages) for errors reported when
> >         named starts and correct them.
> >
> >         Nslookup is *not* a good diagnostic tool as it does to much
> >         other stuff.
> >
> >         Mark
> >
> > > We have just updated all of our nameservers to 8.2.2 p5 and we are
> > > having problems doing nslookup:
> > >
> > > bash$ nslookup
> > > Default Server:  picnic.ziplink.net
> > > Address:  206.15.168.65
> > >
> > > > sibor.com
> > > Server:  picnic.ziplink.net
> > > Address:  206.15.168.65
> > >
> > > *** picnic.ziplink.net can't find sibor.com: Non-existent host/domain
> > >
> > > > server sundog.tiac.net
> > > Default Server:  sundog.tiac.net
> > > Address:  199.0.65.9
> > >
> > > > sibor.com
> > > Server:  sundog.tiac.net
> > > Address:  199.0.65.9
> > >
> > > Name:    sibor.com
> > > Address:  207.221.47.232
> > >
> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > > This problem seems to come and go with some domains and like the one
> > > above, we have not been able to resolve the domain.
> > > Any help would be appreciated......
> > >
> > >
> >--
> >Mark Andrews, Internet Engines Inc. / Internet Software Consortium
> >1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia
> >PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742                 INTERNET: Mark_Andrews at iengines.com
> 
> 
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Mark Andrews, Internet Engines Inc. / Internet Software Consortium
1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia
PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742                 INTERNET: Mark_Andrews at iengines.com