Cannot do nslookup

[P_K_Pandita]

we cannot use "@" in the SOA field.Instead we whould use a dot (.).


On Wed, 2 Aug 2000, Vu Pham ( Sivell ) wrote:

> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Fair" <fairm at hotmail.com>
> To: <bind-users at isc.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2000 3:55 PM
> Subject: Cannot do nslookup
> 
> 
> >
> > Hello
> >
> > I cannot do an nslookup for a PC that does not use my DNS Server.  I can
> > ping it.
> >
> > My reverse file looks like:
> > @ IN radius1.pgtc.com. root at pgtc.com(
> > 2000080201 ; serial
> > 3600 ; refresh
> > 900 ; retry
> > 1209600 ; expire
> > 36000 ; default_ttl
> > )
> > 3 IN PTR pro2.pgtc.com.
> > 4 IN PTR radius1.pgtc.com.
> > 5 IN PTR radius2.pgtc.com.
> > 2 IN PTR pro1.pgtc.com.
> > @ IN NS radius1.pgtc.com.
> > ________________________________________________________
> > My Forward file looks like
> > @ IN SOA radius1.pgtc.com root at pgtc.com(
> > 2000080201 ; serial
> > 3600 ; refresh
> > 900 ; retry
> > 1209600 ; expire
> > 43200 ; default_ttl
> > )
> > @ IN MX 5 pro1.pgtc.com.
> > @ IN NS radius1.pgtc.com.
> > radius1 IN A 207.2.221.4
> > pro1 IN A 207.2.221.2
> > pro2 IN A 207.2.221.3
> > radius2 IN A 207.2.221.5
> > www IN CNAME pro1.pgtc.com
> > ftp IN CNAME pro1.pgtc.com
> > mail IN CNAME pro1.pgtc.com
> > _________________________________________
> > I don't get any errors when named restarts, my resolv.conf file has the
> > correct lines and the named.conf file points to the correct files.
> >
> > I would appreciate any help
> > TIA\
> > Mike
> 
> 
> It may be not the reason, but can  we use @ in the email address part in the
> SOA record ?
> And you also need to  have the keyword SOA in the reverse file.
> 
> Vu Pham
> 
> 
>