Nslookup problem

[Sangoi, Nehal (Gexpro, consultant)]

They work when the IP address of the forwarder is set explicitly in
either of the tools. [nslookup or dig]. But, the pointer to localhost
does not work to resolve the same through forwarders line in
/etc/named.conf file. I am still struggling to understand the reason
behind the problem.


Thanks 
Nehal 

-----Original Message-----
From: Stephane Bortzmeyer [mailto:bortzmeyer at nic.fr] 
Sent: Monday, July 02, 2007 4:25 PM
To: Sangoi, Nehal (Gexpro, consultant)
Cc: bind-users at isc.org
Subject: Re: Nslookup problem

On Mon, Jul 02, 2007 at 02:24:37PM -0400,  Sangoi, Nehal (Gexpro,
consultant) <Nehal.Sangoi at gexpro.com> wrote  a message of 60 lines which
said:

> The dig output for resolution, works perfectly fine as shown below.
>  
> [root at abc masters]# dig @1.2.3.4 soa cc.abc.com

...

> But my nslookup output gives below error.
>  
> [root at abc masters]# nslookup
> > cc.abc.com
> Server:         127.0.0.1
> Address:        127.0.0.1#53
>  
> ** server can't find cc.abc.com: SERVFAIL

It is not the same request! IN the first case, you query 1.2.3.4, in the
second, you query localhost.

> > server 1.2.3.4
> Default server: 1.2.3.4
> Address: 1.2.3.4#53
> > cc.abc.com
> Server:         1.2.3.4
> Address:        1.2.3.4#53

This one queries 1.2.3.4 and works.
  
> What could be the reason for dig be worknig fine and nslookup be 
> failing?

Because they both work... when asked the same question.