Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 16:42:47 -0400 From: Mitch Collinsworth <mkc@Graphics.Cornell.EDU> To: Cliff Addy <fbsdlist@federation.addy.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DNS setup problem, "Can't find server name" Message-ID: <199909232042.AA019629368@broccoli.graphics.cornell.edu> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 23 Sep 1999 16:05:55 EDT." <Pine.BSF.3.95q.990923160132.3598A-100000@federation.addy.com>
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>I'm setting up a new DNS server for the first time in 4 years and running >into a problem. It's a 3.2 system, using the named.conf and associated >files from a older server. It starts up cleanly, no messages in the log >files. But when I try an nslookup, it waits a while and gives me this >message: > >*** Can't find server name for address 207.239.68.71: Timed out >*** Default servers are not available You need an in-addr.arpa entry for the server. This is a bizarre error mode of nslookup that I really don't understand the need for. If nslookup is unable to resolve the IP address of the server it is querying back to a name, rather than just forge on using numbers it will give up and refuse to work. See p. 67 of the cricket book (3rd ed.) for details. -Mitch To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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