Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cornell!uw-beaver!rice!sun-spots-request From: fausett@radc.af.mil (Mark L. Fausett) Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun Subject: Name server problems (nsloo Keywords: SunOS Message-ID: <4241@kalliope.rice.edu> Date: 28 Jun 89 22:24:39 GMT Sender: usenet@rice.edu Organization: Sun-Spots Lines: 23 Approved: Sun-Spots@rice.edu X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 8, Issue 61, message 13 of 18 HELP! I have a name server which seems to be working properly, but doesn't interface well with nslookup -- % nslookup *** Can't find server name for address 127.0.0.1: No information *** Default servers are not availible % other machines using a resolv.conf pointing at this machine get a similar error. BUT -- I can kludge the system by doing something like this: % nslookup -l which eventually reports a timeout and connects to my local server! while this nslookup is working, other machines pointing at this machine can use the server too! WHAT IS GOING ON? PLEASE SOMEONE EXPLAIN THIS TO ME! Mark Fausett fausett@ra.radc.af.mil fausett@tops20.radc.af.mil (this one's in the host tables)