Hi, In my small network, I set one machine (10.23.20.1) to be the firewall/print server/caching DNS. All the machines in the network have their name server set to 10.23.20.1 via /etc/resolv.conf: nameserver 10.23.20.1 The problem I am having is that when I run nslookup I get the following error: *** Can't find server name for address 10.23.20.1: Non-existent host/domain *** Default servers are not available On the other hand, if I comment out the nameserver line from /etc/resolv.conf I can have the following session: eahorse:/etc # nslookup Default Server: seahorse Address: 0.0.0.0
server 10.23.20.1 Default Server: [10.23.20.1] Address: 10.23.20.1 www.yahoo.com Server: [10.23.20.1] Address: 10.23.20.1 Non-authoritative answer: Name: www.yahoo.akadns.net Addresses: 216.32.74.52, 216.32.74.53, 216.32.74.54, 216.32.74.55 216.32.74.50, 216.32.74.51 Aliases: www.yahoo.com
seahorse:/etc #
The strange thing is that only nslookup complains, all other programs seem to work just fine. So the question is what is causing nslookup to error out in the first example and can I fix it? Thanks, Avi -- Avi Schwartz Get a Life avi@CFFtechnologies.com Get Linux -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/