I can't seem to resolve certain ips from my server. For instance, I can resolve linux.com but not redhat.com. I can resolve a lot of domains but there are a few that can't. I got a client who can't send email to gamesekai.com because it won't resolve.

Any ideas? Running redhat 9.0 with Cpanel.

Thanks

cat /etc/resolv.conf

First thing I looked at. Has my two nameserver IPs in it.

Try putting a nameserver outside of your server there, and see what happens. What happens when you try a dig on those domains?

- Matt

when I add another nameserver it works fine. You know what the problem is?

type this from the command line:

service named status

If looking these up works using external ip's, but not internal, then chances are you don't have a nameserver running (or running properly).

If the return answer is that it's not running, then just type service named start. If errors pop up, you need to deal with those before you can run a nameserver.

Service named status gives me

rndc: connect failed: connection refused

/etc/init.d/named start
named: already running

named restart
starts fine with no errors.

Like I said earlier, it is just certain domains, not every domain.

rndc: connect failed: connection refused

There's your problem
Don't restart
service named stop
service named start
service named status

Make sure there are no issues with the named server and you'll be fine. If there are, then you won't be able to use that as a dns nameserver, until you correct the issue.

Hey Wolf,
Thanks, any idea what the rndc: connect failed means and how to fix it?

What are you running, RH9 with Bind9 ?

it means that your nameservers aren't running properly, OR that your system can't connect to the correct port (usually the first).

Ok, I got the rndc fix but I still have the same problem. I've also noticed that I can not ping my nameservers (ns1. and ns2.) from my own server. I can ping them from my work and home computer though..... They have the proper entries. Any ideas about that?

Ok, even got that problem fixed. I can resolv anything except for redhat.com and gamesekai.com. I'm sure there are others so I would like to get this problem fixed without adding a static entry for these two domains. I can not do a whois on gamesekai.com from the server because I am unable to connect to enom?? Whois for redhat.com comes out fine.