What is the entry in /etc/resolv.conf on the machine which is unable to answer internet domain name queries? It should have some DNS server which can handle the queries so that if your server is unable to answer the queries the requests would be forwarded to that one. Regards Anmol Bedi -----Original Message----- From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of sylvan dacounha Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 8:10 PM To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: secondary DNS probem Dear All, I have a REDHAT box running bind and been working fine for last few months. this server was hosting my other other local domains also which were all workin fine i installed a new redhat machine with bind to be a secondary or slave named server a week ago as per the documentation . so if my primary server goes down all my clients and the inrternet users can still access my my web sites. Now when i restart my primary i c the zones gettin transferred to my secondary DNS which i newly setup and when i do a nslookup goin into the server for internet sites ex: www.yahoo.com it does not resolve them but the sites hosted in my netwrok im able to resolve them fine here the details my master name server .. ns1.kmun.gov.kw ---- IP 62.150.152.1 slave server which new installed .. ns2.kmun.gov.kw ------- IP 62.150.152.2 if i go to server ns1.kmun.gov.kw or the ip i can resolve both the internet sites as well as my local domain ... appreciate ur help thnks and Regards simon --------------------------------- Pinpoint customers who are looking for what you sell. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
