Re: [cobalt-users] RaQ4 nslookup doesn't work

["Larry E. Smith" <lesmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Nov 22, 2001 at 01:25:31AM -0000, Edward Bishop wrote:
> I get
> 
> *** Can't find server name for address my.ip.my.ip: Non-existent host/domain
> *** Can't find server name for address my.ip.my.ip: No response from server
> *** Default servers are not available
> 
> Everything else seems OK. Dig works.
> 
> What can I try to find out what is going on here please?
> 
> --
> Eddie Bishop

Eddie,

   It would appear that you have a DNS record that does NOT end
   in a period somewhere in your configuration.  By default DNS
   will ADD the domain/IP to each name that does not end in a
   period (.).  So here locally "www" becomes "www.ecsis.net"

   The "no response" is probably more important though since that
   basically means your DNS server is not answering on port 53
   where it is expected.  You could try looking at the
   /etc/resolv.conf file to see what server is queried...  And
   then see if bind/named is running on the machine.

Larry Smith
SysAd ECSIS.NET
sysad@xxxxxxxxx