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Re: NSLOOKUP don't work



I do have nameserver 127.0.0.1 in my /etc/resolv.conf file.


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> From: Alex Yukhimets <aqy6633@is5.nyu.edu>
> To: Tony Koehn <bigt@ourtownusa.com>
> Cc: thb@regioservice.de; debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: NSLOOKUP don't work
> Date: Monday, July 14, 1997 5:58 PM
> 
> > Thomas,
> > 
> > My /etc/hosts file does have 127.0.0.1 localhost in it.
> > My /etc/host.conf has "order hosts,bind" in it.
> > 
> > Tony
> 
> Tony,
> 
> do you have a nameserver line in /etc/resolv.conf?
> It must be in the form:
> 
> nameserver 122.122.122.122
> 
> Of course, you would have to substitute 122.122.122.122 for the address
of
> your nameserver (127.0.0.1 if you are running it on your machine).
> 
> Alex Y.
> 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > ----------
> > > From: Thomas Baetzler <thb@regioservice.de>
> > > To: Tony Koehn <bigt@ourtownusa.com>
> > > Subject: Re: NSLOOKUP don't work
> > > Date: Monday, July 14, 1997 10:01 AM
> > > 
> > > Tony Koehn wrote:
> > > :After getting debian installed I tried to do a nslookup and I get
this
> > > :message:
> > > :
> > > :*** Can't find server name for address 127.0.0.1: Non-existent
> > host.domain
> > > :*** Default servers are not available.
> > > :
> > > :What did I do wrong?
> > > 
> > > See wether there's a line "127.0.0.1 localhost" in /etc/hosts.
> > > See wether /etc/host.conf has "order hosts,bind" or "order
bind,hosts"
> > > in it. The first one will query /etc/hosts before going to the
nameserver
> > > configured in /etc/resolv.conf, while the other will do it in the
reverse
> > > order.
> > > 
> > > Ciao,
> > > -- 
> > > Thomas Baetzler, thb@regioservice.de, bath0011@fh-karlsruhe.de
> > > <A HREF="http://www.fh-karlsruhe.de/~bath0011/>Visit my Homepage!</A>
> > > "The cowards never came, and the weaklings died on the way" - R.A.H.
> > > 
> 
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