You need to add an entry in /etc/named.conf to tell your name server where
to get info if it can't find it.
forwarders { 204.127.160.2; 204.127.129.2; };
This should fix the problem.
nslookup only loads one nameserver when you invoke it;
IE; [root@rehanna /root]# nslookup www.compaq.com
Server: rehanna.ilmtech.com
Address: 199.1.1.2
*** rehanna.ilmtech.com can't find www.compaq.com: Server failed
See the line that says "Server: rehanna.ilmtech.com"
Anyway, I suggest you get and read DNS & BIND if you want to know all about
nslookup and bind. It is too deep a subject to cover here.
Just add the forwarders line within named.conf and all should be ok..
Rgds,
Darryl
At 08:20 AM 5/07/2000, you wrote:
>Hi All,
>
>thanks to the persons who kindly answered previous posts regarding route
>configuration...
>
>Now it' sthe next step... named
>
>I setup BIND on my machine and I have in the following files:
>
>a) /etc/host.conf has
>order hosts,bind
>multi on
>
>b) /etc/resolv.conf has
>nameserver 199.1.1.2
>nameserver 204.127.160.2
>nameserver 204.127.129.2
>
>My entire LAN has machines with IP Addresses 199.1.1.x and 199.1.1.2 is
>setup
>as my name server...
>
>Now, with /etc/resolv.conf configured as above, I can do an nslookup on
>all machines
>setup within BIND fine, but as soon as I try something on the outside
>world, I get:
>
>[root@rehanna /root]# nslookup www.compaq.com
>Server: rehanna.ilmtech.com
>Address: 199.1.1.2
>
>*** rehanna.ilmtech.com can't find www.compaq.com: Server failed
>
>Now, if I edit /etc/resolv.conf and place the outside nameserver as
>follows:
>
>nameserver 204.127.160.2
>nameserver 199.1.1.2
>nameserver 204.127.129.2
>
>the lookup works for entries on the internet, but now it fails for
>lookups on my LAN...
>
>Makes me think that there is something I have to do to tell BIND to read
>all the
>lines in /etc/resolv.conf when resolving names...
>
>My question is: Why doesn't the first configuration of /etc/resolv.conf
>allow the second nameserver to be pulled once it doesn't find it on
>199.1.1.2? What am I missing?
>
>thanks,
>
>Ahbaid.
>
>
>
>
>
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