Your name server, itself, has no role in a whois query (other than resolving the address of a whois server).
I realize that the above answer doesn't help you solve the problem, but it should, at least, provide you with where not to have to look. On Thu, 29 Nov 2001, Brad Cox wrote: > Could someone advise on what this means and how to fix it? > > [bcox@linux: ]$ whois virtualschool.edu > No such file or directory while getting service info for whois > > Might have fat fingered webmin trying to install a caching nameserver on > my local lan as ns.virtualschool.edu by trying to adapt the various > howtos to webmin with little understanding of what's going on. DNS was > designed with job security in mind. > > Along those lines, sleuth reports the following errors, none of which > make sense to me. Any suggestions? > > Starting zone checks for virtualschool.edu > Checking zone name > Checking existence of zone > Checking NS records > -> virtualschool.edu. 86400 IN NS ns.virtualschool.edu. > ### Error: Each domain should have at least 2 nameservers [RFC1912/2.8] > Checking nameserver authority and synchronization > -> ns.virtualschool.edu. 86400 IN A 192.168.1.3 > ### Warning: Private addresses shouldn't occur in public zones [RFC1918] > Probing name server ns.virtualschool.edu (192.168.1.3) > Decided to use ns.virtualschool.edu (192.168.1.3) for zone check > Checking whether ns.virtualschool.edu knows an A record for its own name > Checking whether ns.virtualschool.edu is able to reverse-map its own IP > address > Checking connectivity with other nameservers > Checking mapping of localhost > ### Warning: ns.virtualschool.edu is unable to resolve localhost > [RFC1912/4.1] > Fetching zone data for virtualschool.edu > Parsing zone data > Checking consistency of zone records > virtualschool.edu. 86400 IN SOA ns.virtualschool.edu. > hostmaster.virtualschool.edu. ( > 19980219 ; Serial > 28800 ; Refresh > 7200 ; Retry > 604800 ; Expire > 86400 ) ; Minimum TTL > Hostmaster e-mail address is [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -> virtualschool.edu. 86400 IN MX 10 virtualschool.edu. > -> virtualschool.edu. 86400 IN A 216.122.242.176 > -> 176.242.122.216.in-addr.arpa. 1557 IN PTR >virtualschool.edu. > ### Warning: Expire time should be between 2 and 4 weeks [RFC1912/2.2] > virtualschool.edu. 86400 IN NS ns.virtualschool.edu. > virtualschool.edu. 86400 IN MX 10 virtualschool.edu. > virtualschool.edu. 86400 IN RP bcox.virtualschool.edu. > bcox.virtualschool.edu. > virtualschool.edu. 86400 IN A 216.122.242.176 > deskjet.virtualschool.edu. 86400 IN A 192.168.1.100 > ### Warning: Private addresses shouldn't occur in public zones [RFC1918] > deskjet.virtualschool.edu. 86400 IN TXT "HP Deskjet Printer" > deskjet.virtualschool.edu. 86400 IN HINFO "Printer" "Deskjet" > etta.virtualschool.edu. 86400 IN A 192.168.1.5 > ### Warning: Private addresses shouldn't occur in public zones [RFC1918] > g3mac.virtualschool.edu. 86400 IN HINFO "Macintosh" "MacOSX" > g3mac.virtualschool.edu. 86400 IN MX 10 virtualschool.edu. > g3mac.virtualschool.edu. 86400 IN A 192.168.1.2 > ### Warning: Private addresses shouldn't occur in public zones [RFC1918] > g3mac.virtualschool.edu. 86400 IN TXT "Macintosh G3" > laptop.virtualschool.edu. 86400 IN A 192.168.1.4 > ### Warning: Private addresses shouldn't occur in public zones [RFC1918] > linux.virtualschool.edu. 86400 IN A 192.168.1.3 > localhost.virtualschool.edu. 86400 IN A 127.0.0.1 > netopia.virtualschool.edu. 86400 IN TXT "Netopia router" > netopia.virtualschool.edu. 86400 IN HINFO "Netopia" "Router" > netopia.virtualschool.edu. 86400 IN A 192.168.1.1 > ### Warning: Private addresses shouldn't occur in public zones [RFC1918] > ns.virtualschool.edu. 86400 IN HINFO "Intel" "Linux 2.0" > ns.virtualschool.edu. 86400 IN MX 10 virtualschool.edu. > ns.virtualschool.edu. 86400 IN A 192.168.1.3 > ns.virtualschool.edu. 86400 IN TXT "Linux Development Server" > www.virtualschool.edu. 86400 IN CNAME ns.virtualschool.edu. > Summary: 1 errors, 8 warnings > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
