First Name server not responding

[Sachin Patel]

I have three nameserver line in resolv.conf. When first server goes down it waits for around 80Sec and gets the answer from second server. But when I do nslookup again it still trys the first nameserver.
If I am not mistaken, if first server not respond it should ask second server then second querie it should not ask first server again.
Does I need any extra step?

Thanks
Sachin

[Andrew_4 · Accepted solution]

Sachin,

To the best of my knowledge, your nslookup will consistantly query the first name server until you change your resolve.conf file to do otherwise.

Your HP-UX system doesn't know when the 1st name server will be back up again, and will therefore continue to query it.

Hope this helps.

Andrew

[Anthony Goonetilleke]

There are other keywords you can use in nsswitch.conf

i.e

dns [NOTFOUND=continue TRYAGAIN=continue]

you might want to use some of these