sysquery: nslookup error on ?

[Kevin Darcy]

What do you get when you try to query something outside your authoritative
zones and delegated zones, e.g. using a bogus TLD, e.g. "foo.test"? I think
the error message indicates that the server has not "primed" properly, i.e.
has no good information about the root zone. If so, then such a query will
probably return SERVFAIL. Are you by any chance trying to use an Internet
root hints file on a machine without Internet connectivity?


- Kevin

Hannah O Day wrote:

> I saw this in my syslog file:  sysquery: nslookup error on ?.  The server
> appears to be working fine.  I can resolve everything I should be able to
> resolve.  But why and what does it complain?  I'm running BIND8.2.3.