Hi I am trying to run nslookup on one of my machines and when I do i get this message.

*** Can't find server name for address xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx: Non-existent host/domain

I would normally just figure that it means revers inst configured except for the fact that nslookup works fine on my secondary server if I put it in the resolv.conf file. Neither one of these have revers but the secondary works and primary doesn't both dig fine and have same setup and software any ideas????? my resolv.conf lists
nameserver Primary
nameserver Secondary

nslookup says Non-existent host/domain
for the primary but will default to secondary just fine and run nslookups

Originally posted by Darkedge
Hi I am trying to run nslookup on one of my machines and when I do i get this message.

*** Can't find server name for address xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx: Non-existent host/domain

I would normally just figure that it means revers inst configured except for the fact that nslookup works fine on my secondary server if I put it in the resolv.conf file. Neither one of these have revers but the secondary works and primary doesn't both dig fine and have same setup and software any ideas????? my resolv.conf lists
nameserver Primary
nameserver Secondary

nslookup says Non-existent host/domain
for the primary but will default to secondary just fine and run nslookups

Try looking at your /etc/hosts file...

Or consider just setting up correct reverse lookups. That is the best.

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Jens Kristian Søgaard, Mermaid Consulting I/S,
jens@mermaidconsulting.dk,
http://www.mermaidconsulting.com/

What is confusing me is if I do not have reverse for either of the domains why would the secondary work with nslookup and the primary not work

Originally posted by Darkedge
What is confusing me is if I do not have reverse for either of the domains why would the secondary work with nslookup and the primary not work

Did you compare the contents of /etc/hosts on the two servers?

Did you compare the version of the nslookup program on the two servers?

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Jens Kristian Søgaard, Mermaid Consulting I/S,
jens@mermaidconsulting.dk,
http://www.mermaidconsulting.com/