DNS problem on Solaris 9

From: Andreas Höschler (ahoesch@smartsoft.de)
Date: Fri Sep 24 2004 - 15:33:17 EDT


Dear managers,

I am back at my Solaris 9 server and still had no luck getting DNS to
work. I have a very similary configured Solaris 8 box that works. If I
execute "nslookup -d2" there I get

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bash-2.05# nslookup -d2
;; res_nmkquery(QUERY, 1.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa, IN, PTR)
------------
SendRequest(), len 42
     HEADER:
         opcode = QUERY, id = 43558, rcode = NOERROR
         header flags: query, want recursion
         questions = 1, answers = 0, authority records = 0,
additional = 0

     QUESTIONS:
         1.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa, type = PTR, class = IN

------------
------------
Got answer (115 bytes):
     HEADER:
         opcode = QUERY, id = 43558, rcode = NOERROR
         header flags: response, auth. answer, want recursion,
recursion avail.
         questions = 1, answers = 1, authority records = 1,
additional = 0

     QUESTIONS:
         1.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa, type = PTR, class = IN
     ANSWERS:
     -> 1.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa
         type = PTR, class = IN, dlen = 25
         name = ns.advanced-science.com
         ttl = 10800 (3H)
     AUTHORITY RECORDS:
     -> 1.168.192.in-addr.arpa
         type = NS, class = IN, dlen = 2
         nameserver = advanced-science.com
         ttl = 10800 (3H)

------------
Default Server: ns.advanced-science.com
Address: 192.168.1.1
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If I do the same on my Solaris 9 box I instead get

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bash-2.05# nslookup -d2
;; res_nmkquery(QUERY, 1.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa, IN, PTR)
------------
SendRequest(), len 42
     HEADER:
         opcode = QUERY, id = 49175, rcode = NOERROR
         header flags: query, want recursion
         questions = 1, answers = 0, authority records = 0,
additional = 0

     QUESTIONS:
         1.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa, type = PTR, class = IN

------------
------------
Got answer (139 bytes):
     HEADER:
         opcode = QUERY, id = 49175, rcode = NXDOMAIN
         header flags: response, auth. answer, want recursion,
recursion avail.
         questions = 1, answers = 0, authority records = 1,
additional = 0

     QUESTIONS:
         1.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa, type = PTR, class = IN
     AUTHORITY RECORDS:
     -> 168.192.in-addr.arpa
         type = SOA, class = IN, dlen = 65
         ttl = 10800 (3H)
         origin = prisoner.iana.org
         mail addr = hostmaster.root-servers.org
         serial = 2002040800
         refresh = 1800 (30M)
         retry = 900 (15M)
         expire = 604800 (1W)
         minimum ttl = 604800 (1W)

------------
*** Can't find server name for address 192.168.1.1: Non-existent
host/domain
*** Default servers are not available

It looks like someone else feels responsible for 192.168. I am not
sure what this means. Here is my config.

/var/named/smartsoft-hl.de.rev
$TTL 3h
0.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa. IN SOA merkur.smartsoft-hl.de.
root.smartsoft-hl.de. (
                                 2004092410 ; Serial
                                 86400 ; Refresh
                                 7200 ; Retry
                                 604800 ; Expire
                                 86400 ; Minimum
)

0.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa. IN NS merkur.smartsoft-hl.de.
1 IN PTR merkur.smartsofzone "0.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa"

/etc/named.conf
...
zone "1.168.192.in-addr.arpa"
{
         type master;
         file "smartsoft-hl.de.rev";
         allow-transfer {
                 local_network;
         };
};
  ...

/etc/resolv.conf
domain smartsoft-hl.de
search smartsoft-hl.de
nameserver 192.168.1.1

Any ideas?

Thanks,

   Andreas
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