nslookup failure due to "Connection refused"

["Susan G. Kleinmann" <sgk@kleinmann.com>]

Using the latest versions of libc6, netbase and netstd 2.17-1,
and dnsutils 8.1.1-2, I can't seem to get nslookup working.
The error message is 
   *** Can't find server name for address 127.0.0.1: Server failed

When I run 'strace nslookup', I see that the sequence of events leading
up to this is:

open("/home/sgk/.nslookuprc", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
socket(PF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, IPPROTO_IP) = 3
sendto(3, "\315\333\1\0\0\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\001"..., 40, 0, {sin_family=AF_INET, sin_port=htons(53), sin_addr=inet_addr("127.0.0.1")}, 16) = 40
select(4, [3], NULL, NULL, {5, 0})      = 1 (in [3], left {5, 0})
recvfrom(3, "\315\333\201\202\0\1\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 1024, 0, {sin_family=AF_INET, sin_port=htons(53), sin_addr=inet_addr("127.0.0.1")}, [16]) = 40
close(3)                                = 0
write(2, "*** Can\'t find server name for "..., 64*** Can't find server name for address 127.0.0.1: Server failed

but I fail to infer what action item to take as a result.

Any help would be appreciated.
Susan Kleinmann


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