nslookup requires that your name server has a PTR record.  This
is, I think, a bit of a misfeature as normal name resolution does
not require it.  You can use dnsquery to get around it.

For the other stuff, bind is generally invoked before files, so
you could probably wait for dns to timeout.  In any case, check
out /etc/nsswitch.conf(5) -- it might be able to be modified to
give you the behaviour that you want.

On 929677074 seconds since the Beginning of the UNIX epoch
Tony Hernandez wrote:
>
>When I set up a box as a name server here in my home network , and I set
>up my /etc/resolv.conf to point to it , I cant telnet to any of my
>internal machines by IP or name even though they are listed in the hosts
>file . If I connect my router to the internet then all my local network
>runs well, I can telnet by IP and Hostname as well . I f I move my local
>/etc/resolv.conf to something else while not connected I can then
>telnet  and do normal stuff internally. how is this name server
>interfering with my local host resolution ?
>
>when I do an nslookup I get the following from my workstation machine.
>
>
># nslookup www.yahoo.com
>*** Can't find server name for address 192.168.0.4: Non-existent
>host/domain
>*** Default servers are not available
>
>but  Its funny , I can surf the web .... ping external addresses and
>everything .. whats up ?
>
>Cheers.
>
>Tony Hernandez
>
>

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