You shouldn't have to put the search domain in the resolv.conf, it just tells your local machine what domain to append to hostnames if you just specify a hostname and not a FQDN. nslookup isn't getting a response from the nameservers, so first see if you're firewalling off DNS (port 53 UDP/TCP I believe). If you don't think it's being firewalled try a different nameserver. 128.101.101.101 is U of M, 209.98.98.98 is VISI. Adam Maloney Systems Administrator Sihope Communications On Sun, 24 Sep 2000, Mandar Vaze wrote: > Hi, > I just installed Mandrake 7.1 and my Name resolution > is not working. I have uswest DSL service, so I have > the primary/secondary nameservers' IP address in > my /etc/resolve.conf My problem is when I do nslookup, > > it says > "Can't find server name for <ip-addr of primary>" > "Can't find server name for <ip-addr of secondary>" > "No response from default servers" > > I understand that apart from nameserver entries, I > need to put 2 more entires in /etc/resolv.conf, > domain and search. But since my machine is not visible > > from internet (Its DHCP assigned IP address is > 10.0.0.2) I'm not sure what domain and search values > to put there. > > Do I *have* to run local nameserver (named) in this > case ? > > Thanks for any help. > > -Mandar > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Send instant messages & get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. > http://im.yahoo.com/ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org > For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org