That is correct....
mgc:/home/aiu1411 # dig surprisewinner.com ; <<>> DiG 9.2.2 <<>> surprisewinner.com ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: SERVFAIL, id: 18557 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;surprisewinner.com. IN A ;; Query time: 10 msec ;; SERVER: 172.30.16.19#53(172.30.16.19) ;; WHEN: Thu Jul 10 16:36:08 2003 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 36 This means that surprisewinner.com doesn't exist on the TLD servers (the ones that host the com domain). and...... mgc:/home/aiu1411 # dig surprisewinner.com @ns1.skylap.com ; <<>> DiG 9.2.2 <<>> surprisewinner.com @ns1.skylap.com ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: SERVFAIL, id: 35784 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;surprisewinner.com. IN A ;; Query time: 70 msec ;; SERVER: 207.44.216.141#53(ns1.skylap.com) ;; WHEN: Thu Jul 10 16:37:24 2003 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 36 This means that ns1.skylap.com doesn't know anything about surprisewinner.com. Looks like neither the registrar nor skylap have done anything with this domain. On Thu, 10 Jul 2003 14:14:50 -0500 ronnie gauthier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm trying to help a friend out on his web hoster. > > A domain is pointed from a registar to a hosting agents DNS servers, the DNS > servers are correct, I checked. > The host claims to have the proper entries in their DNS server. > > If I set the nslookup server to the hosts main DNS server then query the > domain name in question, I should get returned the IP from the hosters DNS, > no matter if the registar DNS has fully propagated or not. In other words, > if the hoster has DNS records correct I should never receive the following > from nslookup > > > www.surprisewinner.com > Server: ns1.skylap.com > Address: 207.44.216.141#53 > > ** server can't find www.surprisewinner.com: SERVFAIL > > > Correct? > > > Thanks > Ronnie > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> > http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users -- Matthew Carpenter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.eisgr.com/ Enterprise Information Systems *Network Service Appliances *Network Consulting, Integration & Support *Web Development and E-Business _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
