weird dns result with nslookup

[Kevin Darcy]

This is probably the most FAQ in this group. Briefly, 1) nslookup sucks,
use something better (like "dig"), 2) set up your reverse lookups. For
further info, search the archives (keywords: nslookup sucks).


- Kevin

wildthing_san at my-deja.com wrote:

> Here is my config
>
> master is "stealth" (not in whois) for
> 8.2.2-P7
>
> real dns server (as in whois record) gets its zone from stealth master.
> Recursive queries are turn off.
> using latest bind 8.2.3
>
> when I do a nslookup for a zone it is authorative I get:
>
> *** Can't find server name for address xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx: No information
> *** Default servers are not available
>
> But it I use interactive nslookup
>
> nslookup> server xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
> nslookup> host.domain.com
>
> I get the correct response.
>
> i.e. it is serving its authorative zone ok.
>
> Why is this?
>
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