On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 7:42 PM, Reindl Harald <h.reindl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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 > > 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: > > $hostname > soma.ad.adfa.edu.au > > $hostname -d > ad.adfa.edu.au > > $domainname > (none) > > I connect to the LAN via DHCP. Lookup on any remote website/or my own > Ubuntu box succeeds. > > Where should I be looking into? > > > Many TIA > -Amit > > > > -- http://echorand.me -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines