named error message: sysquery:nlookup error on ?

[Howard Anderson_2]

On a DS25 Alphaserver running Tru64 5.1B PK5 I am getting the above error quite frequently.
I have DNS configured for a local Intranet, but there is no connnection to the Internet.
Is the system trying to query a non-existant root name server ?
The system is operating normally as far as I can tell, but it would be usefull to remove the cause of this error message.

[Vladimir Fabecic]

Hello
Please post exact error message and /etc/ntp.conf

[Howard Anderson_2]

Exact error:

"falpha named [9681]:sysquery: nlookup error on?"

ntp.conf: attached file.

[VINCENT, Jean-Marc]

Hi,

nslookup has nothing to do with ntp (/etc/ntp.conf) but rather with /etc/resolv.conf and named. So, /etc/namedb/* conf files are involved.

You can also have a $HOME/.nslookuprc file.

Hope this will help you.

Regards,

VINCENT Jean-Marc
HP France
Groupe Support Unix
Tru64(tm) UNIX Technical Consultant - Tru64(tm) UNIX Ambassador HP France
+33 1 5762-8861
jean-marc.vincent@hp.com

[Howard Anderson_2]

Vincent Hi,

I thought it wasn't NTP related, but since Valdimir asked for the file, I posted it anyway.

I will attach the /etc/named files, and the resolv.conf later today.

(I do not have a .nslookuprc file anywhere as far as I know, but I will check this out as well.)

I emptied out the named.ca, as I did not want it to contact unreachable root name servers, this may be the cause.

Looking through the O' Reilly Albitz & Liu book has not given me any clues.

[Vladimir Fabecic]

Sorry
I agree with Jean-Marc. It has to do with name server, not time server (I was configuring time server while writting answer to you, so I missed the point).
Of course, we need to know more about named configuration.
I wiil see that after you post required files.
Regards

[Howard Anderson_2]

Ok the files are attached:

[Howard Anderson_2]

Checking on Google, it seems this error messages is the result of having an empty root hints file.
However, as I am only building an Intranet DNS, I don't want the system trying to probe the root nameservers.
Hence I had removed the entries from the file.
So my question should be: How do I configure DNS bind so that it operates on an Intranet, without trying to probe root or other external nameservers ? (and without it throwing a series of error messages ?)