When the machine reboots, one of  the messages that comes up is:
starting rpc services: rpcbind done.
is that the bind you were talking about?
I haven't gotten any error messages when booting.


HURT, CHRIS [Non-Pharmacia/1000] wrote:

> I tried to dig your server - but it timed out - I would contact whomever
> controls the nameservers for assistance (if nothing else they'll be able to
> trace your queries - you can try this also - but if you're not a dns person
> it won't make much sense  - execute nslookup (no options) - at the > prompt
> - enter "set debug" or "set d2" (depending on nslookup version) and execute
> "server serveripaddress" and see what the debug output reports)
> 
> hth,
> chris
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joyce Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 10:56 AM
> To: HURT, CHRIS [Non-Pharmacia/1000]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: DNS question
> 
> 
> I don't have access to the name servers. How do I determine which 
> version of bind they are running.
> I tried to do:
> nslookup server amethyst.it.utk.edu
> and got basically the same results. I think it can't talk to the name 
> server, but I can't understand why.
> Also, my nsswitch.conf file has the line:
> hosts:    files  dns
> in it.
> 
> Thanks-J
> 
> HURT, CHRIS [Non-Pharmacia/1000] wrote:
> 
>> - What version of bind are the nameservers running (I'm thinking you're
> 
> not
> 
>> in "the view" maybe)
>> - check for hidden characters in resolv.conf (vi - :set list) 
>> - but the messages indicate that nslookup can't talk to the defaults - run
> 
> a
> 
>> "nslookup somehostname nameserverip" and see if it returns the same error.
>> If it does - it can't talk to the nameservers (is the nameserver listening
>> on that interface maybe?)
>> 
>> HTH,
>> Chris
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Joyce Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 10:38 AM
>> To: HURT, CHRIS [Non-Pharmacia/1000]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Subject: Re: DNS question
>> 
>> 
>> Yes. Ping works fine. I can reach the servers and I can do nslookup 
>> through these name servers from other servers.
>> 
>> Joyce
>> 
>> HURT, CHRIS [Non-Pharmacia/1000] wrote:
>> 
>>> Can you reach those IP addresses (ping, etc) from the box in question?
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Joyce Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 10:20 AM
>>> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
>>> Subject: DNS question
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Ok,
>>> 
>>> I know this is not the list to send this to, but it is the most 
>>> responsive list. I have a DNS question. I just installed Solaris 8 on 
>>> one of our servers. I reconfigured the network files back to the way 
>>> they were originally. This is a copy of my /etc/resolv.conf file:
>>> 
>>> domain it.utk.edu
>>> nameserver 160.36.0.66
>>> nameserver 160.36.128.66
>>> nameserver 128.169.50.100
>>> 
>>> When I do an nslookup I get the following error:
>>> ***Can't find server name for address 127.0.0.1: No response from server
>>> *** Default servers are not available
>>> 
>>> It doesn't seem like it looks for the name servers in the resolv.conf  
>>> file. Am I missing something?
>>> 

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