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Okay, right up front, I am the worlds biggest noob when it comes to linux. And DNS as far as that goes. Running RH ES 2.4.21-4. We do not have ...
  1. 03-09-2005 #1
    freeUSA
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    dns issues



    Okay, right up front, I am the worlds biggest noob when it comes to linux. And DNS as far as that goes. Running RH ES 2.4.21-4. We do not have any local dns servers, using our ISP's servers for hostname lookups. Internally this has been a small hassle as I am having to use netbeiu for cross-subnet hostname connections without getting into a host table for each ws. All our MS servers/ws have no prob using ISP's dns servers for external hostname lookups. The RH box however, refuses to cooperate. Assigned it an internal ip, gateway, mask and ISP dns servers (2). Can ping all day using ip. Refuses to do a hostname lookup or ping via hostname, so can't use dns or reverse dns validation on our spam filtering process.

    Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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    You have a file called "/etc/resolv.conf" where you have your DNS configuration.
    should have something like this
    Code:
    search example.com
nameserver 192.168.1.1
    And btw, you are able to configure multiple nameservers
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    re:dns

    This is what lives in the resolv.conf file:

    search ns1.acsalaska.net
    nameserver 209.193.4.7
    search ns2.acsalaska.net
    nameserver 209.193.4.8

    We don't have a local domain either. Just a novell tree with a windows workgroup environ.
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    re: dns

    This is a result of dig with before mentioned resolv.conf setup. Am I missing a route or a gateway?

    # dig yahoo.com
    ;; reply from unexpected source: 172.16.0.1#53, expected 209.193.4.7#53
    ;; reply from unexpected source: 172.16.0.1#53, expected 209.193.4.8#53
    ;; reply from unexpected source: 172.16.0.1#53, expected 209.193.4.7#53
    ;; reply from unexpected source: 172.16.0.1#53, expected 209.193.4.8#53
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  5. 03-10-2005 #5
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    Hmm! Something is really strange here, its not so that you have a proxy-dns when you connect to the internet?

    If you try
    Code:
    dig @209.193.4.7 yahoo.com any any
    what will that show?
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