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From: dbm@gothamcity.jsc.nasa.gov (Brad Mears)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: nslookup changes names
Message-ID: <1991Apr12.162911.15088@aio.jsc.nasa.gov>
Date: 12 Apr 91 16:29:11 GMT
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I have a puzzling problem on my 9000/370 fileserver.  I recently changed
the network names & addresses of the server and all its clients.  With one
exception everything works fine.

When I start nslookup, sometimes the default server is listed as the new
name of the machine (good) and sometimes it is listed as the old name (bad).
I've deleted all references to the old name that I can find.  I have done
a grep of every file in /etc, /usr, /, /lib, and /usr/etc.  I have also 
done grep on the entire disk (except for FIFO's & such).  I can't find the
old name anywhere.

The real puzzler is that it changes server names randomly.  I can bring up
nslookup right now and it responds with the old name :
	Default Name Server:  gatehost2.jsc.nasa.gov

Earlier today it responded with :
	Default Name Server:  deltahp.jsc.nasa.gov

Any ideas why it changes without reason and where the old name comes from?

Thanks for any help.
Brad Mears
dbm@deltahp.jsc.nasa.gov

"It is better to die on your feet than live on your knees"
                - Dolores Ibarruri  ("La Pasionaria")  circa 1936