[ubuntu-in] A domain name problem

[Mehul Ved]

On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 6:31 PM, Dhanada Mishra <dhanadam at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear All;
>
> We have set up a local DNS server. When I ping the IP of the server from
> any client machine, it replys, but when I ping the domain name -
> hdfsom.ac.in, it shows unknown host. When I ping hdfsom.ac.in from the
> server gives reply.
>
> Please let know if anyone who has faced this kind of a problem.
>

1. Please give the diagnostic output of ping in both cases.
2. Paste the contents of /etc/resolv.conf on the clients. Is the DNS on your
server listed in this file?
3. dig and nslookup are more useful as compared to ping in this case.
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