Pinging any non-existent domain hits me too

[Kevin Darcy]

I wouldn't think so. Are you absolutely sure that there's no "domain" or
"search" directive in your /etc/resolv.conf?

By the way, what's that "ns.yournameservers.com" doing in your
/etc/resolv.conf? The "nameserver" directive only accepts IP addresses, not
names.


- Kevin

unixman wrote:

> Yikes - I thought I mentioned that in my original post. System is Linux
> 2.4.18. I am running a slightly older libc.  That may be the problem...
>
> "Kevin Darcy" <kcd at daimlerchrysler.com> wrote in message
> news:ai4fsi$2it1$1 at isrv4.isc.org...
> >
> > There's nothing you can do about this from the BIND side. Your system
> resolver
> > is appending your local domain. You didn't mention what kind of system
> you're
> > running this on, so it's anyone's guess why your resolver is doing that...
> >
> >
> > - Kevin
> >
> > unixman wrote:
> >
> > > Hi there, Simon.
> > >
> > > After some more research here and on google, it appears that my domain
> is
> > > getting appended to the end of the non-existent domain during DNS
> > > resolution:
> > >
> > > [/home/staff/scottb]: ping crap8888eee.com
> > > PING crap8888eee.com.wetcanvas.com (204.214.92.109): 56 data bytes
> > > 64 bytes from 204.214.92.109: icmp_seq=0 ttl=255 time=0.0 ms
> > >
> > > I've double/triple checked for missing periods in my zone files, but I
> don't
> > > see any. I'll check again.
> > >
> > > My resolv.conf is just a list of nameservers (the first being my box):
> > >
> > > nameserver 204.214.92.109
> > > nameserver 208.4.52.7
> > > nameserver ns.yournameservers.com
> > > nameserver 208.32.175.10
> > > nameserver 208.32.175.74
> > >
> > > Here is the primary zone file (I have several, but this is the domain
> that
> > > keeps getting appended):
> > >
> > > @     IN SOA   wetcanvas.com. hostmaster.wetcanvas.com. (
> > >          2001040505 ; serial
> > >          86400 ; refresh
> > >          3600 ; retry
> > >          3600000 ; expire
> > >          604800 ; default_ttl
> > >          )
> > > localhost      IN A  127.0.0.1
> > > www      IN CNAME wetcanvas.com.
> > > mail     IN CNAME wetcanvas.com.
> > > ftp      IN CNAME wetcanvas.com.
> > > @     IN MX 5  wetcanvas.com.
> > > @     IN NS wetcanvas.com.
> > > @     IN A  204.214.92.109
> > > *     IN A  204.214.92.109
> > > wetcanvas.com.    IN A  204.214.92.109
> > >
> > > Thanks much!
> > > Scott
> > >
> > > "Simon Waters" <Simon at wretched.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
> > > news:ai4cqp$2dkn$1 at isrv4.isc.org...
> > > >
> > > > unixman wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > [ zone file ]----------------
> > > >
> > > > Try posting resolv.conf and OS details at a guess, as I assume
> > > > it is appending the domain name to the request.
> > > >
> >
> >

unixman wrote:

> Yikes - I thought I mentioned that in my original post. System is Linux
> 2.4.18. I am running a slightly older libc.  That may be the problem...
>
> "Kevin Darcy" <kcd at daimlerchrysler.com> wrote in message
> news:ai4fsi$2it1$1 at isrv4.isc.org...
> >
> > There's nothing you can do about this from the BIND side. Your system
> resolver
> > is appending your local domain. You didn't mention what kind of system
> you're
> > running this on, so it's anyone's guess why your resolver is doing that...
> >
> >
> > - Kevin
> >
> > unixman wrote:
> >
> > > Hi there, Simon.
> > >
> > > After some more research here and on google, it appears that my domain
> is
> > > getting appended to the end of the non-existent domain during DNS
> > > resolution:
> > >
> > > [/home/staff/scottb]: ping crap8888eee.com
> > > PING crap8888eee.com.wetcanvas.com (204.214.92.109): 56 data bytes
> > > 64 bytes from 204.214.92.109: icmp_seq=0 ttl=255 time=0.0 ms
> > >
> > > I've double/triple checked for missing periods in my zone files, but I
> don't
> > > see any. I'll check again.
> > >
> > > My resolv.conf is just a list of nameservers (the first being my box):
> > >
> > > nameserver 204.214.92.109
> > > nameserver 208.4.52.7
> > > nameserver ns.yournameservers.com
> > > nameserver 208.32.175.10
> > > nameserver 208.32.175.74
> > >
> > > Here is the primary zone file (I have several, but this is the domain
> that
> > > keeps getting appended):
> > >
> > > @     IN SOA   wetcanvas.com. hostmaster.wetcanvas.com. (
> > >          2001040505 ; serial
> > >          86400 ; refresh
> > >          3600 ; retry
> > >          3600000 ; expire
> > >          604800 ; default_ttl
> > >          )
> > > localhost      IN A  127.0.0.1
> > > www      IN CNAME wetcanvas.com.
> > > mail     IN CNAME wetcanvas.com.
> > > ftp      IN CNAME wetcanvas.com.
> > > @     IN MX 5  wetcanvas.com.
> > > @     IN NS wetcanvas.com.
> > > @     IN A  204.214.92.109
> > > *     IN A  204.214.92.109
> > > wetcanvas.com.    IN A  204.214.92.109
> > >
> > > Thanks much!
> > > Scott
> > >
> > > "Simon Waters" <Simon at wretched.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
> > > news:ai4cqp$2dkn$1 at isrv4.isc.org...
> > > >
> > > > unixman wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > [ zone file ]----------------
> > > >
> > > > Try posting resolv.conf and OS details at a guess, as I assume
> > > > it is appending the domain name to the request.
> > > >
> >
> >