Ubuntu 13.10: nslookup not automatically appending DNS suffixes

Posted by Alex on Server Fault See other posts from Server Fault or by Alex
Published on 2013-11-03T00:11:28Z Indexed on 2013/11/03 3:56 UTC
Read the original article Hit count: 356

Filed under:

ubuntu

|

dns

|

nameserver

When I configure Ubuntu 13.10 server I ran into a problem: Usally (working on 12.10 machines) I add the following information in my /etc/resolv.conf file:

nameserver 192.168.2.180
domain our.domain.com

Normally, when I then ping a given host , .e.g:

ping host01

It would resolve the FQDN to host01.our.domain.com However in ubuntu 13.10 this doesn't seem to be working, it just returns the following:

~# nslookup host01
Server:         192.168.2.180
Address:        192.168.2.180#53
** server can't find host01: SERVFAIL

Which is normaly since the DNS server doesnt respont to a 'host01' request.

However if I do the same nslookup on an Ubuntu 12.10 machine it automatically appends the 'our.domain.com' suffix to whatever I throw at it that doens't already have this suffix.

Is this a 13.10 bug, or am I doing something wrong?

© Server Fault or respective owner

Related posts about ubuntu

Cannot update, apt-get cannot fetch index files

as seen on Ask Ubuntu - Search for 'Ask Ubuntu'
I have a fresh install of Ubuntu 11.10 from the iso 'ubuntu-11.10-desktop-amd64.iso'. I installed this in VMWare Fusion 4.1.1 running on OSX 10.7.3. When setting up the VM, I allowed easy install to take care of creating my user and installing VMWare tools. No problems during installation, everything… >>> More
'sudo apt-get update' error on Ubuntu 12.04

as seen on Ask Ubuntu - Search for 'Ask Ubuntu'
When I type in 'sudo apt-get update' I get this mohd-arafat-hossain@TUD:~$ sudo apt-get update [sudo] password for mohd-arafat-hossain: Ign http://bd.archive.ubuntu.com precise InRelease Ign http://bd.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates InRelease Ign http://bd.archive.ubuntu… >>> More
Opening Skype, Opera, OpenOffice logs me off

as seen on Ask Ubuntu - Search for 'Ask Ubuntu'
Whats common among Skype, Opera, OpenOffice in Ubuntu ? Whenever I open these applications I get logged off and shows back me the login screen. This started happening since the 10.10 upgrade. Forgot to mention : Yes, its x64.Each time I open these applications, the UI shows and then crashes. I… >>> More
Update information outdated

as seen on Ask Ubuntu - Search for 'Ask Ubuntu'
I have a warning triangle that my update information is outdated, the last update was 12 days ago. I use Ubuntu 11.10. A run of sudo apt-get update produces the following output: Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net oneiric InRelease Ign http://de.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric InRelease … >>> More
ubuntu/apt-get update said "Failed to Fetch http:// .... 404 not found"

as seen on Server Fault - Search for 'Server Fault'
Hi all, I'm trying to run apt-get update on ubuntu 9.10 I've configured my proxy server and I can access the internet without any problem: /etc/apt# wget "http://www.google.com" Resolving (...) Proxy request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 292 [text/html] Saving to: `index.html' 100%[=================================================================================================================================>]… >>> More

Related posts about dns

Master/Slave DNS setup vs. rsync'ed DNS servers

as seen on Server Fault - Search for 'Server Fault'
We currently have primary and secondary DNS servers on our corporate network. They are setup in a master/slave type setup, where the slave gets its DNS information from the master. I'm trying to figure out what the real advantage is for the master/slave setup instead of just setting up an automated… >>> More
Updating Windows DNS records from a remote windows DNS server

as seen on Server Fault - Search for 'Server Fault'
Does anyone know if it is possible for a windows 2003 DNS server to update the records for a domain so that it contains all the records of a domain of of a remotely based DNS server? Im almost certain that doesn't quite explain the problem so I shall illustrate with an example: We have two offices… >>> More
OpenVPN DNS: VPN DNS stomping local VPN

as seen on Super User - Search for 'Super User'
I've finally noodled with OpenVPN enough to get it working. Even better, I can mount samba drives, ping network machines through the TUN device, etc - it's all great. However, I'm noticing that if I have the directive: push "dhcp-option DNS 10.0.1.1" # Push our local DNS to clients Then some of… >>> More
Random DNS Client Issue with BIND9/Windows Server 2003 DNS

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
Within our office, we have a local server running DNS, for internal related "domains", (e.g. .internal, .office, .lan, .vpn, etc.). Randomly, only the hosts configured with those extensions will stop resolving on the Windows-based workstations. Sometimes it'll work for a couple weeks without issue… >>> More
DNS Tools - DNS and Few of its Concerning Terms and Tools

as seen on Article City - Search for 'Article City'
A DNS or Domain Name System lets you locate computers on a network or the Internet TCP/IP network by domain name. The DNS server sustains a database of domain names or host names along with their cor... [Author: Daisy Osbaldo - Computers and Internet - April 02, 2010] >>> More