Non-existent host/domain ?

[Thierry]

I solved the problem by adding the following line:
mydomain.net    IN    A    w.x.y.z
in the mydomain.net file.

is this a problem ?

<Mark.Andrews at nominum.com> wrote in message
news:200005100700.RAA13368 at bsdi.dv.isc.org...
>
> Turn on debugging in nslookup.
>
> Without the final period nslookup is applying the search list
> which is terminating early.  The debugging output will show you
> the query that is failing.
>
> Note: if a zone has detected a error when loading named will
> produce SERVFAIL for unknown names or queries for which records
> of the given type do not exist if they fall within the scope of
> the zone.  SERVFAIL terminates the search.
>
> Mark
>
> > I'm falling into a problem I succeeded to fix many times but this time,
I'm
> > stuck:
> > Using the nslookup function:
> >
> > > mydomain.net
> > "*** localhost can't find sencis.net: Non-existent host/domain"
> >
> > but
> > > mydomain.net.
> > returns:
> > Server:  localhost
> > Address:  127.0.0.1
> > Name:    mydomain.net
> >
> > (Notice the '.' in the second query).
> > I've looked up the resolv.conf, 127.0.0, named.conf, 213.xx.xx (which is
my
> > local file) but couldn't something.
> >
> > Did I miss something ?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Thierry.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia
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