IP is not resolving while doing nslookup

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IP is not resolving while doing nslookup

Fahrid F 201

Hi

I have removed DNS from my server and I have added the destination host IP in the Hosts file.

After doing NSLOOUP I am getting error as IP is not resolved.

Can someone please help me?

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Anonymous

Hi,

Thanks for posting in Q&A platform.

As Crypt32's answer, the nslookup command does NOT use hosts file but DNS.

If you remove the DNS, you could use ping instead and it will return the IP provided in your hosts file.

If you want to run nslookup command to resolved the IP address, please setup the ip for this ___domain in a real DNS Server.

Best Regards,
Sunny

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Mike Landis 21 Reputation points

2021-10-16T23:54:43.827+00:00

I would prefer to know the full consequences of disabling DNS before pursuing it. Ping uses the hosts file already, so there's no benefit to disabling DNS for a ping. The issue will more often be Kerberos, which uses DNS, not the hosts file. How do you fix that?
MotoX80 36,206 Reputation points

2021-10-17T00:03:55.143+00:00

You should ask your own question. When you do, I would recommend that you explain the root problem that you are trying to solve, and maybe a little bit about your environment.
Gary Reynolds 9,621 Reputation points

2021-10-17T00:16:41.177+00:00

Hi @Mike Landis

In the original question, the assumed scenario was they didn't want to use DNS and the preference was to have local name resolution using a host file, and the result of this configuration is that nslookup wouldn't be able to resolve the name. Your comment is true, if the server also is trying to do anything else that relies on DNS i.e. AD or Kerberos, in which case yes those services\capabilities would be broken.

Gary.

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Vadims Podāns 9,186 MVP

This is expected behavior. NSLOOKUP do not use hosts file and use only DNS queries. Since you removed DNS, then NSLOOKUP will return you nothing (negative resposne).

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Fahrid F 201

Thanks both @Vadims Podāns and @Anonymous

Anonymous

2020-12-15T06:13:42.973+00:00

You're welcome!

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