Re: [TCLUG:4147] DNS

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

yeah it's there.  it turned out some misc characters got into my 127.0.0 file, and so I'm
back to the original error message:
Can't find server name for address 127.0.0.1: Non-existent host/domain

serge


Jim Raney wrote:

> Make sure you have a named.local referencing your hostname, and make sure
> your /etc/named.conf references your "0.0.127.in-addr.arpa" file.
>
> And, by the way, I recommend "DNS and BIND' from O'Reilly. Snag it from a
> library and you won't regret it :)
>
> Jim Raney
> Sysadmin, Citilink Internet, Inc.
>
> On Fri, 12 Feb 1999, Serge M. Egelman wrote:
>
> > 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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