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? >>> -- ��ࡱ�
