unknown host with bind 9.3.1

neil neil at neologix.net
Tue Apr 19 12:51:53 UTC 2005


My resolv.conf is

lear:~ # cat /etc/resolv.conf
order hosts bind
search testdomain.local
nameserver 192.168.1.126

Neil



Brett wrote:

>On Tue, 19 Apr 2005, Neil Muller wrote:
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>>Hi,
>>
>>I have downloaded and compiled with all defaults bind 9.3.1 from isc.org
>>sources to test on local test network before installing on main system.
>>The program is installed in /usr/local.
>>
>>When I start named using /usr/local/sbin/named -u named the logs show it
>>  starts ok and dig <hostname> produces expected output but if I ping
>><hostname> for the same host I get "unknown host". Obviously I have
>>missed something but I can't see what (need stronger glasses?).
>>
>>Can anyone help? I've attached output from /var/log/messages plus dig
>>and ping results also my named.conf, nsswitch.conf and local forward and
>>reverse zone files.
>>
>>Any help will be appreciated.
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>Where does your /etc/resolv.conf point to ?
>
>Brett
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