queries

[Mark Andrews]

> sorry about that, I am new :)
> 
> I am using a debian 3.1 sarge ppc build running BIND 9.3.1. as my DNS 
> server.
> 
> All the clients on my class C network have it's IP 
> address(192.168.1.16(sting)) listed as the first DNS server. The client 
> computers are a mixture of win98, winXP and linux.  Some of the client 
> computers are able to get to Internal servers some are not. The client 
> computers that cannot get to our Internal servers via its hostname act 
> strangly, when I use nslookup (a microsoft tool) to lookup "secure" the 
> DNS appears to be working just fine.
> 
> example:
> 
> client computer A can get to http://secure through a browser
> but
> client computer B goes to http://f-secure.com instead of http://secure 
> like it is supposed to using a browser
> 
> "secure" is the name of a server listed on my DNS server as a master zone
> 
> 
> Here is the entry for "secure":
> 
> $ttl 38400
> secure.	IN	SOA	secure. eric.hopevale.com. (
> 			1115035962
> 			10800
> 			3600
> 			604800
> 			38400 )
> secure.	IN	NS	sting.
> secure.	5D	IN	A	192.168.1.18

	
	Single label hostnames went away 20 years ago.  Resolvers and
	applications treat them as unqualified hostnames and try to
	qualify them.

	Mark
 
> John Hascall wrote:
> >>Greetings, I set up an internal DNS with BIND 9.3.1
> >>Everything seemed to be working great until I went to a couple of 
> >>different clients and the lookups ...well they didn't really fail, but 
> >>the client couldn't resolve to my internal hosts ...could it be the 
> >>clients?  I am using a class c network and allowed queries from 
> >>192.168.1.0/24.
> > 
> > 
> >>I do nslookup from the client and everything works things resolve, but 
> >>the browser adds .com??
> > 
> > 
> >>I know this is prolly simple, just stuck.
> > 
> > 
> > You didn't really provide enough details to be sure, but if the client
> > is a Unix/Linux-type look at /etc/resolv.conf, in particular lines
> > like:
> > 
> >    domain com
> > or
> >    search ... com ...
> > 
> > and
> >    options ndots:N
> > 
> > where N is some number.  Doing "man resolv.conf" should be of some
> > assistance in determining what you really want there.
> > 
> > If it is a Windows machine, there is probably some similar control panel.
> > 
> > 
> > John
> > 
> 
> 
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Mark Andrews, ISC
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