BIND or ? "Alert!: Unable to access document."

[Mathias Körber]

1. Have you made sure that you are querying your newly setup nameserver =
(ie does /etc/resolv.conf point to the correct system)?

2. What happens in your nameserver's query-log if you turn on query =
logging?
DOes your nameserver even see the queries?

3. If none of that gives you a hint, turn on more logging and see what =
your nameserver is doing with the queries.

rgds

> -----Original Message-----
> From: bind-users-bounce at isc.org [mailto:bind-users-bounce at isc.org]On
> Behalf Of wwebb at adni.net
> Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2000 11:06 PM
> To: bind-users at isc.org
> Subject: BIND or ? "Alert!: Unable to access document."
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> I am setting-up a new server.  BIND seems to be up and running=20
> with no problems being reported in the "messages" file.  If I attempt=20
> to lynx to a local domain, that works fine.  But if I attempt to lynx=20
> to a domain outside my network it doesn't work. Following is an=20
> example:
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> Alert!: Unable to access document.
> Looking up www.netscape.com first.
> Looking up www.netscape.com.com, guessing...
> Looking up www.netscape.com.edu, guessing...
> Looking up www.netscape.com.net, guessing...
> Looking up www.netscape.com.org, guessing...
> Can't Access `file://localhost/root/www.netscape.com'
> Alert!: Unable to access document.
> lynx: Can't access startfile=20
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> Is this a  BIND problem or... ?   If anyone can advise how to resolve=20
> this problem I would be grateful.
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> Bill
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