Resolver Error 0 (no error)

[Barry Margolin]

In article <bm4npi$1ahm$1 at sf1.isc.org>,
Bobby Johnson  <Bobby.Johnson at esecurityinc.com> wrote:
>I wish that were my problem, but I get the same error with other servers as
>well...
>> nslookup www.dell.com ns-east.cerf.net
>*** Can't find server address for 'ns-east.cerf.net': Resolver Error 0 (no
>error)
>
>Server:  ns.mydomain.com
>Address:  10.10.10.12
>
>Non-authoritative answer:
>Name:    www.ins.dell.com
>Address:  143.166.224.230
>Aliases:  www.dell.com
>
>
>I just noticed the error that dig displays....
>> dig @ns-east.cerf.net www.dell.com
>
>; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> @ns-east.cerf.net www.dell.com
>; Bad server: ns-east.cerf.net -- using default server and timer opts
>; (1 server found)
>[snip]

Check you /etc/nsswitch.conf -- maybe you're configured to use another
resolving mechanism, and it's failing.

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Barry Margolin, barry.margolin at level3.com
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