[14206] in Athena Bugs
sun4 7.7V: named
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Albert Dvornik)
Thu Feb 22 18:48:31 1996
To: bugs@MIT.EDU
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 1996 18:48:12 EST
From: Albert Dvornik <bert@MIT.EDU>
System name: infocalypse
Type and version: SPARC/Classic 7.7V (1 update(s) to same version)
Display type: cgthree
What were you trying to do?
make DNS queries using nslookup
What's wrong:
While "localhost" resolves to 127.0.0.1 on Solaris machines,
127.0.0.1 doesn't reverse-resolve to anything.
(This is wrong, and has the consequence of breaking nslookup.)
What should have happened:
The IP address should reverse-resolve to something.
Given our setup, the "something" should probably be
"localhost.mit.edu".
Please describe any relevant documentation references:
Here is how I fixed it on infocalypse:
*** /etc/named.mit.orig Thu Jul 28 11:41:01 1994
--- /etc/named.mit Thu Feb 22 18:38:15 1996
***************
*** 13,18 ****
--- 13,19 ----
IN NS localhost.mit.edu.
LOCALHOST.MIT.EDU. IN A 127.0.0.1 ; I know, it's a crock...
+ 1.0.0.127.IN-ADDR.ARPA. IN PTR localhost.mit.edu. ; and the *reverse*
; The local servers
MIT.EDU. 60 IN NS BITSY.MIT.EDU.
