*.in-adr.arpa in nslookup

[James A Griffin]

Lee Hon Tat wrote:
> 
> Dear sir,
> 
> I have setup DNS server on Solaris 8. When I use nslookup, it give me:
> Default Server:  e220r.169.189.137.in-addr.arpa
> Address:  137.189.169.108.
> Why it show e220r.169.189.137 instead of "grm.cuhk.edu.hk" ?
> 
[snip]

The zone files for (169.189.137.in-addr.arpa) contain bad data. For
example:

ns.cuhk.edu.hk.169.189.137.in-addr.arpa.
--------------^
Check for a missing '.' as noted above

; <<>> DiG 9.1.2 <<>> 169.189.137.in-addr.arpa. ns
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 36125
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 3, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 2
 
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;169.189.137.in-addr.arpa.      IN      NS
 
;; ANSWER SECTION:
169.189.137.in-addr.arpa. 604800 IN     NS     
ns.cuhk.edu.hk.169.189.137.in-addr.arpa.
169.189.137.in-addr.arpa. 604800 IN     NS      ns2.cuhk.edu.hk.
169.189.137.in-addr.arpa. 604800 IN     NS      sun3.geo.cuhk.edu.hk.
 
;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
ns2.cuhk.edu.hk.        258738  IN      A       137.189.6.21
sun3.geo.cuhk.edu.hk.   258738  IN      A       137.189.169.173
 
;; Query time: 938 msec
;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1)
;; WHEN: Mon May 28 07:07:43 2001
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 155




Jim