host name resolution

[Kevin Darcy]

Do you have a default domain defined? Is it "babcockbrown.com"?


- Kevin

Ali Eghtessadi wrote:

> I am running bind 8.2.2P5 on Sun solaris 7. What happens is that some of
> the unix boxes in the network can not resolve the host names if not
> entered with fully qualified domain name. Any idea what might be wrong?
>
> Your help is very much appreciated.
>
> Ali
>
> Example
>
> # nslookup
> Default Server:  ashbury.babcockbrown.com
> Address:  10.16.5.1
>
> > bruce
> Server:  ashbury.babcockbrown.com
> Address:  10.16.5.1
>
> *** ashbury.babcockbrown.com can't find bruce: Non-existent host/domain
> > bruce.babcockbrown.com
> Server:  ashbury.babcockbrown.com
> Address:  10.16.5.1
>
> Non-authoritative answer:
> Name:    bruce.babcockbrown.com
> Address:  10.16.5.22
> >