##############The bb-hosts file entry is as follows:
page solaris Solaris
192.168.X.X solaris # Name:"SOLARIS"
dns nis ntp telnet pop3 pop3s imap imaps
##############the dig @dns_server_in_question.example.com
dns_server_in_question.example.com is as follows:
[xymon at xymon ~]$ dig @solairs.domain.com solaris.domain.com
; <<>> DiG 9.5.0b2 <<>> @solairs.domain.com solairs.domain.com
; (1 server found)
;; global options: printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 50561
;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;solaris.domain.com. IN A
;; ANSWER SECTION:
solairs.domain.com. 259200 IN A 192.168.X.X
;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
domain.com. 259200 IN NS solairs.domain.com.
;; Query time: 2 msec
;; SERVER: 192.168.X.X#53(192.168.X.X)
;; WHEN: Wed Sep 23 09:53:20 2009
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 61
Craig Cook <Craig.Cook at carqu est.com> To "user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid" <user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid> 09/23/2009 07:39 cc AM Subject Re: [hobbit] DNS Test - No Record Please respond to Lookup user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Can you post your bb-hosts line?
What happens when you do something like this:
dig @dns_server_in_question.example.com dns_server_in_question.example.com
Craig