Linux - DNS Error
I created a folder (e.g. testactual.mysite.com). It is a copy of actual.mysite.com.
I added the site to my host file and restarted the linux server.
e.g. ->
100.0.0.1 actual.mysite.com
100.0.0.1 testactual.mysite.com
When I open a browser and type testactual.mysite.com I receive a DNS error "server DNS address could not be found."
When typing actual.mysite.com the site works as expected.
How do I resolve the DNS error?
I added the site to my host file and restarted the linux server.
e.g. ->
100.0.0.1 actual.mysite.com
100.0.0.1 testactual.mysite.com
When I open a browser and type testactual.mysite.com I receive a DNS error "server DNS address could not be found."
When typing actual.mysite.com the site works as expected.
How do I resolve the DNS error?
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@Alan
Just checking, but your browser is getting resolution of other DNS queries (such as, for example, www.google.com) okay?
**Yes
Where did you register testactual.mysite.com?
** I just added it to the host file
Is it in your public DNS, or in a local DNS server?
** Local. The IP is localhost
Did you create it as a new A record, or as a CNAME of actual.mysite.com?
** No
Either way, wherever you registered it, your machine is not (currently) getting that record (100.0.0.1)
**Ok. How do I resolve?
If registered publicly, it might be that your DNS provider only updates their public servers periodically, so it might just be a timing issue.
**Still not working as of this morning
Just checking, but your browser is getting resolution of other DNS queries (such as, for example, www.google.com) okay?
**Yes
Where did you register testactual.mysite.com?
** I just added it to the host file
Is it in your public DNS, or in a local DNS server?
** Local. The IP is localhost
Did you create it as a new A record, or as a CNAME of actual.mysite.com?
** No
Either way, wherever you registered it, your machine is not (currently) getting that record (100.0.0.1)
**Ok. How do I resolve?
If registered publicly, it might be that your DNS provider only updates their public servers periodically, so it might just be a timing issue.
**Still not working as of this morning
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@DrKlahn
I suspect that your /etc/host.conf may not be configured properly.
** Ok
Look at the contents and confirm that there is a line which states:
order bind hosts
**Don't see this. I see the IP of the local hosts and below that IP's with websites
Or possibly the other way around, depending on whether you want the system to try DNS resolution first, or look in /etc/hosts first.
**I added the new site to the /etc/hosts file.
Side note: The hosts file is /etc/hosts, not /etc/host as is commonly mistyped.
I suspect that your /etc/host.conf may not be configured properly.
** Ok
Look at the contents and confirm that there is a line which states:
order bind hosts
**Don't see this. I see the IP of the local hosts and below that IP's with websites
Or possibly the other way around, depending on whether you want the system to try DNS resolution first, or look in /etc/hosts first.
**I added the new site to the /etc/hosts file.
Side note: The hosts file is /etc/hosts, not /etc/host as is commonly mistyped.
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@David
This is an example of what is in my hosts file
This is an example of what is in my hosts file
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.1.1 name of server
127.0.1.1 website1.com
127.0.1.1 website2.com
127.0.1.1 website3.com
127.0.1.1 testwebsite1.com
127.0.1.1 testwebsite2.com
# The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
::1 localhost ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
ff02::2 ip6-allroutersASKER
@Arnold.
Below is what is in the nsswitch.conf file.
Below is what is in the nsswitch.conf file.
# /etc/nsswitch.conf
#
# Example configuration of GNU Name Service Switch functionality.
# If you have the `glibc-doc-reference' and `info' packages installed, try:
# `info libc "Name Service Switch"' for information about this file.
passwd: compat
group: compat
shadow: compat
hosts: files dns
networks: files
protocols: db files
services: db files
ethers: db files
rpc: db files
netgroup: nis
**Don't see this. I see the IP of the local hosts and below that IP's with websites
That would be the /etc/hosts file, not /etc/host.conf. Look in /etc/host.conf. There should not be anything in there related to host addresses. At most, /etc/host.conf contains two lines on normal systems and one of them is "order".
If "order bind hosts" is missing from /etc/host.conf, then the system defaults to DNS resolution and ignores the contents of /etc/hosts.
Check the contents of /etc/host.conf and let us know what's in there.
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@DrKlahn
Looking in the /etc/host.conf file this is what is in the file.
Looking in the /etc/host.conf file this is what is in the file.
# The "order" line is only used by old versions of the C library.
order hosts,bind
multi onASKER
I looked at /etc/resolv.conf and it is empty.
Any idea how to resolve the DNS for my new site? When I ping the site from windows it is not found.
Any idea how to resolve the DNS for my new site? When I ping the site from windows it is not found.
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How do I add a DNS entry on the linux server?
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Needed to add DNS entry with registrar
Are you doing this on the linux server system, or on some other system?