Hi,
This has nothing to do with your machine but, like the 'error' message says, nslookup may be removed from future RedHat releases. So start using host or dig to do your lookups... Grtz, Bas Hakstege On Wed, 28 Nov 2001 09:58:28 -0600 "Tinu Patel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello all.... > > I have a RH 7.1 DNS server. The server is working fine and resolving > names without any problems from external requests. I am also using IP > chains to shut all ports except 22 and 53. My problem is that when I > try to do a nslookup from that box, it gives me the following error: > > $ nslookup yahoo.com > > Note: nslookup is deprecated and may be removed from future releases. > Consider using the `dig' or `host' programs instead. Run nslookup with > the `-sil[ent]' option to prevent this message from appearing. > > ;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached > > > My Ipchains are as follows: > > Chain input (policy DENY): > target prot opt source destination > ports > ACCEPT tcp ------ anywhere dns any -> > ssh > ACCEPT udp ------ anywhere dns any -> > domain > ACCEPT tcp ------ anywhere dns any -> > domain > Chain forward (policy DENY): > Chain output (policy DENY): > target prot opt source destination > ports > ACCEPT tcp ------ dns anywhere ssh -> > any > ACCEPT udp ------ dns anywhere domain -> > any > ACCEPT tcp ------ dns anywhere domain -> > any > > > but it is able to respond to external requests (meaning when I set my > machine to use this DNS server, it does name resolutions without any > problems). > > I know it is something to do with IP chains coz when I flush all my > rules and set the default to accept all then the nslookup runs fine. > > Do I need to open another port to be able to do internal queries within > the box? I'm confused....... > > > _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
