Re: [TCLUG:4147] DNS

[serge@egel2.med.umn.edu (Serge M. Egelman)]

yippee! I got a new one this time after running nslookup:
*** Can't find server name for address 127.0.0.1: Server failed

seen this one before?

serge

Jim Raney wrote:

> You need to set up a reverse lookup for localhost.  Here's mine:
>
> 0.0.127.in-addr.arpa.   IN SOA connor.mad-seumas.net. root@mad-seumas.net.
> (
>                                         1998112402 ; serial
>                                         28800      : refresh
>                                         14400      ; retry
>                                         3600000    ; expire
>                                         86400 )    ; minimum
>
> 0.0.127.in.addr.arpa.   IN NS   localhost.
>
> Make sure that this file is added to /etc/named.boot as follows:
>
> primary         0.0.127.in-addr.arpa    pz/named.rev-127.0.0
>
> based on your path and give named a HUP.
>
> The localhost reverse is required for the nameserver; usually reverses
> have to be done by the owner of the class C.
>
> Jim Raney
> Sysadmin, Citilink Internet
>
> On Fri, 12 Feb 1999, Serge M. Egelman wrote:
>
> > hi,
> >     I've decided to set up my own caching dns on my routing box.  I've read through
> > the howto many times and am still stuck at this one problem:  when I run nslookup,
> > I get this error:
> >
> > Can't find server name for address 127.0.0.1: Non-existent host/domain
> >
> > anyone know what's wrong?
> >
> > serge
> >
> >
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