hi
thanks very much to everyone who answered.
my original question was:
> i have a question regarding using nslookup to get a
> list of name server. i am running sun OS 4.1.4, with
> the version of bind shipped with it. i am in the
> process of building bind 4.9.6, which may resolve my
> problem.
>
> in the o'reilly dns and bind book, it shows you how
> to get a list of name servers by doing the following:
> > set type=ns
> > .
>
> this is supposed to give a list of the defined name servers.
> i get an error message:
>
> #26 BIGFOOT_local/bin>nslookup
> Default Server: bigfoot.portland.dalsemi.com
> Address: 195.1.104.14
>
> > set type=ns
> > .
> Server: bigfoot.portland.dalsemi.com
> Address: 195.1.104.14
>
> *** bigfoot.portland.dalsemi.com can't find .: Server failed
> >
>
going to bind-4.9.6 resolved the question, and learning more
about how the parent domain was configured.
what prompted this was trying to get a list of nameservers from
my parent domain. what i did not know at the time was that the
parent domain has NS records defined for only itself.
the next step with the creation of this
thanks to the following people who responded:
Derek_Schatz@amat.com <Derek_Schatz@amat.com>
Claude Charest <charest@chou.CANR.Hydro.Qc.Ca>
David Dhunjishaw <dave@colltech.com>
Joel Lee <jlee@thomas.com>
G.Kumarasen <GKUMA@subang2.maxisnet.com.my>
John Fusselman <jfusselm@austin.dsccc.com>
Gary Smith <gsmith@sbti.com>
cathy
-- Cathy L. Smith Dallas Semiconductor csmith@dalsemi.com-- Cathy L. Smith Dallas Semiconductor (972)371-6720 e-mail: csmith@dalsemi.com
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