Date: Fri, 30 Jan 1998 09:20:03 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Jeff Hartman <jeff@wilkshire.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: nslookup Message-ID: <19980130092003.42118@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <01bd2ce3$a2daf9a0$112ccecf@graphic.wilkshire.net>; from Jeff Hartman on Thu, Jan 29, 1998 at 01:28:03PM -0500 References: <01bd2ce3$a2daf9a0$112ccecf@graphic.wilkshire.net>
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On Thu, Jan 29, 1998 at 01:28:03PM -0500, Jeff Hartman wrote: > i have a freebsd test machine called techcenter.wilkshire.com > everything is functioning: ie, dns, email, popper, ftp....etc.... > except nslookup will not work, it gives me the following error. > > ***Can't find server name for address 207.206.44.5: Non-existent > host/domain > *** Default servers not available > > i thought the resolv.conf may be wrong. > > /etc/resolv.conf > > localhost 127.0.0.1 > domain wilkshire.com > nameserver 207.206.44.5 > > > any ideas? It's trying to tell you that it can't resolve the address 207.206.44.5. I can't either. This almost certainly means that your reverse lookup isn't working. It's nothing to do with resolv.conf. Greg
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