Problem with DNS, nslookup

[Carlos Corredor]

[/> nslookup hp.com
Using /etc/hosts on:

looking up FILES
Trying DNS
*** can't find hp.com: Non-existent domain

This is the content of nsswitch.conf
passwd: files
group: files
hosts: files [NOTFOUND=continue UNAVAIL=continue TRYAGAIN=continue] dns
ipnodes: files
services: files
networks: files
protocols: files
rpc: files
publickey: files
netgroup: files
automount: files
aliases: files

resolv.conf

cat /etc/resolv.conf
domain midomain.com
nameserver xxx.www.yyy.zzz
nameserver xxx.www.yyy.zzz

where nameserver is the dnsserver

Regards

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom,

nsswitch.conf looks good.

nameserver xxx.www.yyy.zzz
nameserver xxx.www.yyy.zzz

This in resolv.conf needs to be a numeric IP address.

It must be a numeric IP address that your server can communicate with on port 53

telnet 192.168.0.10 53

This should go through and get a funny looking prompt with the DNS server.

SEP

[Mel Burslan]

Is this something just stopped working ? Or never worked ? Is there any other server(s) in the same subnet, with same nsswitch.conf and resolv.conf configuration that works properly ?

[Pete Randall]

Can you ping your nameservers?


Pete

[Ganesan R]

Hi,

If yours is private network and do not have public access, nslookup is not going to resolve hp.com

This is because your dns server doesn't have the dns records for hp.com