NSLookup for Newbie

[Kevin Darcy]

nslookup is stupid and will abort if it cannot reverse-resolve the
nameserver's address. In this case, apparently you have not set up the
1.0.0.127.in-addr.arpa zone, so nslookup fails.

Real DNS troubleshooting utilities like "dig" don't have this
reverse-resolution "feature" -- they work whether the nameserver's
address is resolvable or not.


- Kevin

stanbush at my-deja.com wrote:

> I'm just starting to setup primary and secondary domain name servers.
> Followed instructions... ran nslookup from hosts... and I get this
> message..
> >nslookup
> Server:ntp100
> Address:127.0.0.1
>
> ntp100 can't find nslookup: Non-existent host/domain
>
> 1. Where can I find error message index?
> 2. Where do I start to correct the above?
>
> Thanks
>
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