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

["Edward Bishop" <eddie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > *** 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.

>
>    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

Thanks Larry.

/etc/resolv.conf looks like this:

search my_home_site_domain.net
nameserver my.primary.ip.address
nameserver my.secondary.ip.address

Sorry about the secrecy but I have been told not to post real information
here! Anyway it appears to be correct.

ps -aux does say that named is running, no sign of bind.

But surely if the RaQ was unable to resolve domain names it wouldn't be able
to send email?

Where would I look for the DNS record with the missing period? The only DNS
records I created were done using the GUI and I didn't append periods to any
of them.

--
Eddie