Netware DNS client

[Xolotl]

I am trying to set my NetWare 6 server as a DNS client, but so far I have not been successful.

I edited the ‘etc\resolv.cfg’ file, using INETCFG.NLM:

MYDOMAIN.COM
NAMESERVER 1.2.3.4 # dns server 1
NAMESERVER 2.3.4.5 # dns server 2

I also edited the ‘sys:etc\hosts’:

127.0.0.1 #normal loopback address
xxx.xxx.x.xx servername.domain.com servername

The first problem I encounter was an error after trying to apply the TCP/IP update in INETCFG:
“An error occurred in copying temporary file initsys.tmp to initsys.ncf. Configuration file does not reflect changes made in session”.

However, when I went back to resolv.cfg the changes had been applied.

Then, I rebooted the server and I got a message:
“DNS resolving for “Server_IPaddress --> DNS name not available”

I am not able to ping, by name, from the server console any of my workstations. Neither I am able to ping to the server by name from any workstation. However, if I ping ‘SERVERNAME_W’ it works. I first notice this, SERVERNAME_W, at boot up. It is under a ‘cifs.cfg’ file, which apparently is to give access to users in an NT domain environment.

What does ‘_W’ characters mean? Why I am able to ping SERVERNAME_W but unable to ping SERVERNAME? The hostname I entered in the ‘etc\hosts’ file is SERVERNAME, not SERVERNAME_W. The servername is the same as host name, right? How can I make my server work as a DNS client?

 

[terry712]

_w means workgroup - but if you arent using it then rem the cifs from you autoexec.ncf
post you hosts and resolv
what is your dns server on ?
you do have the zone that is specified - setup?

 

[Xolotl]

Terry, thanks for your help.

Apparently my DNS server (Linux) was not resolving names, because it did not have any A records.