really whacky issues

[Mark_Andrews at isc.org]

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> I'm having some interesting problems; I've searched the list and didn't 
> seem to find any answers.
> 
> I'm running BIND 8.3.3-REL on FreeBSD 5.0-STABLE.
> 
> All of my name queries are appending my domain name to the query.  So, 
> if I do an nslookup on "perl.org", it indicates that it is looking up 
> "perl.org.mydomain.name".  Of course, because perl.org.mydomain.name 
> doesn't exist in my zone records, it will fail the lookup.  Ping and 
> whois also all fail to find correct information.
> 
> 
> Some sample outputs: (I have changed my actual domain name here to 
> "mydomain.name")
> 
> ping: cannot resolve marknernberg.com: No address associated with name
> 
> nslookup's output:
> $ nslookup perl.org
> Server:  ns1.866gethost.com
> Address:  66.70.83.244
> 
> Name:    perl.org.mydomain.name
> Served by:
> - B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
> 
> [and continues to list some of the other root servers]
> 
> whois:
> 
> 
> $ whois perl.org
> whois: org.whois-servers.net: No address associated with hostname
> [i'm presuming because the lookup for "org.whois-servers.net" is 
> failing]
> 
> DIG, on the other hand, seems to work:
> $ dig perl.org
> ; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> perl.org
> ;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
> ;; got answer:
> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 2
> ;; flags: qr rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 2
> ;; QUERY SECTION:
> ;;      perl.org, type = A, class = IN
> 
> ;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
> org.                    1d23h26m19s IN NS  TLD1.ULTRADNS.NET.
> org.                    1d23h26m19s IN NS  TLD2.ULTRADNS.NET.
> 
> ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
> TLD1.ULTRADNS.NET.      1h52m54s IN A   204.74.112.1
> TLD2.ULTRADNS.NET.      1h52m54s IN A   204.74.113.1
> 
> ;; Total query time: 25 msec
> ;; FROM: router.mydomain.name to SERVER: default -- 66.70.83.244
> ;; WHEN: Sat Jan 17 13:06:24 2004
> ;; MSG SIZE  sent: 26  rcvd: 108
> 
> [or does it?]  this doesn't seem to be the right info, either.
> 
> Any ideas?  I can ping by IP address with no problems, and other 
> servers can access my machine using some of the domain names associated 
> with it [although not the ones for which I control the DNS].
> 
> Mark Nernberg
> 
> 
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Mark Andrews, ISC
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