davison@uhnix2.uh.edu (Daniel B. Davison) (03/22/90)
My nslookup appears to have dropped dead. I'm sure it used to work. For example: matrix:/etc[6]:cat resolv.conf domain uh.edu nameserver 129.7.1.19 nameserver 129.7.1.12 nameserver 129.7.1.11 matrix:/etc[7]:nslookup uh.edu Server: matrix Address: 0.0.0.0 *** Request to matrix timed-out matrix:/etc[8]:nslookup matrix.bchs.uh.edu Server: matrix Address: 0.0.0.0 *** Request to matrix timed-out But all other resolver functions work: matrix:~[15]:ftp ftp.uu.net Connected to ns.UU.NET. 421- ns FTP server (Version 5.91 Fri Mar 16 11:36:35 EST 1990) not available. And of course ftp.uu.net and ns.uu.net are not in my host table. Any ideas? I don't have the $$ for customer support, so I can't upgrade or ask MIPS (and the machine is out of its 90-day warranty period, sigh). thanks in advance, dan -- dr. dan davison/dept. of biochemical and biophysical sciences/univ. of Houston/4800 Calhoun/Houston,TX 77054-5500/davison@uh.edu/DAVISON@UHOU "...and newspapers have an obligation to protect young, innocent minds from the sinister influence of actual thought" Bill Watterson ("Calvin & Hobbes") on "Pogo". Disclaimer: As always, I speak only for myself, and, usually, only to myself.
ams@fourier.Princeton.EDU (Andrew Simms) (03/23/90)
I reported this a couple weeks ago, and it is now an official bug. To my knowledge, it has never worked. The good part is name service in general works fine, nslookup does not. --------------- To: ams@acm Subject: bugsys: new bug: 06282 Status: R The following bug report has been received by the bug system. It has been entered into the database as bug number 06282. submitter name: Andrew M. Simms submitter org: Princeton submitter reference id: user severity: serious synopsis: nslookup doesn't use the correct default nameserver ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew Simms ams@acm.princeton.edu System Administrator Program in Applied and Computational Math Princeton University Princeton, NJ 08544 609/258-5324 609/258-1054 (fax) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew Simms ams@acm.princeton.edu System Administrator Program in Applied and Computational Math Princeton University Princeton, NJ 08544 609/258-5324 or 609/258-6227
hartzell@boulder.Colorado.EDU (George Hartzell) (03/24/90)
In article <14772@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>, ams@fourier (Andrew Simms) writes: >I reported this a couple weeks ago, and it is now an official bug. >To my knowledge, it has never worked. > >The good part is name service in general works fine, nslookup >does not. >--------------- I pointed out to dan that he could use nslookup (clumsily, but it works) by starting nslookup with no arguments, and then give it the server command with the *numeric* internet address of the server you want to be using. Subsequent queries then work. e.g. (jackal)[9:14am]~>>/usr/etc/nslookup Default Server: jackal Address: 0.0.0.0 > server 128.138.212.1 Default Server: [128.138.212.1] Address: 128.138.212.1 > prep.ai.mit.edu Server: [128.138.212.1] Address: 128.138.212.1 Non-authoritative answer: Name: prep.ai.mit.edu Address: 18.71.0.38 g. George Hartzell (303) 492-4535 MCD Biology, University of Colorado-Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309 hartzell@Boulder.Colorado.EDU ..!ncar!boulder!hartzell