On 5 May 00, at 13:09, Brian Schroeder wrote:
> I am trying to setup a new DNS server under Mandrake 7, to replace our
> existing one currently running on Solaris 2.6.
>
> So far as I can see I have done everything correctly. When I try to
> ping a node using the new domain name & server (via resolv.conf) it
> works as expected. However, nslookup returns the following error:
are you running 'nslookup - localhost' or
'nslookup - your.boxes.ip.address' to test it?
Or are you testing by using another box pointing at your mandrake box
for dns?
>
> *** Can't find server name for address 10.132.112.245: No response
> from server *** Default servers are not available
I assume since you are replacing a solaris box, your upstream
provider has already got your reverse dns mapped?
>
> (I have never used bind 8 before). What would be causing this?
Oh, a semicolon or curly bracket out of place <grin>. Seriously, I
find that the syntax for bind is pretty unforgiving, but Mandrake
stuffs some error information into the system log. Check and see
which zone is getting rejected.
-Chuck Burkins
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