Re: nslookup fails on local host

2011-10-21 Thread Reindl Harald
normal bahavior as long there is no dns-record nslookup = NAME SERVER lookup Am 21.10.2011 10:39, schrieb Amit Saha: Hello all: My first post here, and I begin with a (possibly super) newbie query. 'nslookup' fails to resolve my local machine which I have named: 'soma'. Here are some data: $h

Re: nslookup fails on local host

2011-10-21 Thread Amit Saha
On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 7:42 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: > normal bahavior as long there is no dns-record Yes, I recognize that. What confuses me is that on my Ubuntu desktop, I didn't have to do anything explicitly. > nslookup = NAME SERVER lookup I am sorry, I didn't quite get this. TIA, Amit

nslookup fails on local host

2011-10-21 Thread Amit Saha
Hello all: My first post here, and I begin with a (possibly super) newbie query. 'nslookup' fails to resolve my local machine which I have named: 'soma'. Here are some data: $hostname soma.ad.adfa.edu.au $hostname -d ad.adfa.edu.au $domainname (none) I connect to the LAN via DHCP. Lookup on