Nslookup problem

[Stephane Bortzmeyer]

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.