DNS or Nslookup?

[yomang]

Which one is screwed up?

I am building a new domain (abc.com) with W2K as the operating system, and I eventually wish to have the new domain run AD.

Last night I was creating both the forward and reverse DNS zones for abc.com

Standard Primary both forward and backward

Allow dynamic updates- yes (forward only)
SOA record pointing to the proper name of the server (nifty)

Server nifty.abc.com is defined as a name server both forward and backward with the proper IP defined (1.2.3.4)

So I start up nslookup to check the zones. Nslookup tells me that I am accessing nifty.abc.com at address 1.2.3.4 so everthing looks just fine.

I type in ls-d nifty.abc.com
Receive: Cannot find ls-d server failed.

Using nslookup, if I type in the names included within the zone files proper resolution takes place. Example: If I type in nifty I receive the proper 1.2.3.4 is returned. I can see proper resolution is happening if I ping a name that is included in the zone files.

I feel like my zones are set up properly and ready for the next step of AD installation, but the error in nslookup concerns me. Am I just a worry wart? What have I done wrong?

 

[vbrocks]

I type in ls-d nifty.abc.com
Receive: Cannot find ls-d server failed.

What is ls-d?

nslookup is looking for a server named ls-d.
Does it exist?

If it does then you maybe should have wrote ....

ls-d.nifty.abc.com

 

[dearingkr]

If ls-d is a host name you are trying to verify, then the proper command is:

nslookup ls-d.abc.com


MCSE CCNA CCDA

 

[yomang]

I was afraid that I did not give enough detail.....

c:\nslookup
default server: nifty.abc.com
Address: 1.2.3.4

>

*/At this point everything looks normal*/
*/If I type in the following */

>ls -d abc.com

*/I receive either...Incidentally I typed in the wrong information in the initial post*/

Cannot access ls-d for abc.com: non authoritative

*/or*/

Cannot find ls-d in abc.com: server failed

*/ls -d is a Unix command for list everthing in the directory for abc.com*/

*/confused....BTW thanks for your time guys!*/