December 2000
Intermediate to advanced
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When I use nslookup interactively, I get the following error:
*** Can't find server name for address 127.0.0.1: Non-existent host/domain
Your DNS server is running, but you haven't correctly configured your localhost reverse lookup file. Remember that within the reverse file, your line citing 127.0.0.1 should look like this:
1.0.0.127.in-addr.arpa. IN PTR localhost.
Note that the IP address is written backwards.
How can I tell if I'm using my caching name server?
First, make sure your /etc/hosts file has the following as the first name server line:
nameserver 127.0.0.1
Then, start nslookup with no arguments. Your default server should be localhost with address 127.0.0.1. If it's not, you're not using your local name server. ...
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