Re: [squid-users] SQUID DNS problems

Falko Zurell wrote:

> Hello list,
>
>
> I got a strange problem with our squid server (squid 2.5.12 on linux) .
> We have a network with multiple subdomains. Lets say
>
> ads.domain.com and localtions.domain.com
>
> My squid host is a linux box with the correct /etc/resolv.conf
> settings. The machine itself can resolve all host names in our
> network. If i do a nslookup or host request I can resolve hosts on
> all our subdomains.
>
> But the squid can't resolve hosts in one of the subdomain
> (ads.domain.com). The domain it can't resolve in is a windows domain,
> served by MS DNS-Server.
>
> I wonder why the operating system can correctly resolve all the
> hostnames but the squid doesn't.
>
> I even entered all our DNS-Servers in the squid.conf but this doesn't
> helped. I even changed the default domain of the squid host to the
> ads.domain.com but this also doesn't resolved to problem.
>
> Does anyone has an idea on that?
>
> Thanks
>
> ---
> Falko Zurell
> Head of Application Management

Hello Falko,

What is the dns_nameservers configured on the squid.conf. Are able to
query the dnsserver from command line using dig
dig @dns_nameservers ads.domain.com
If does not get the correct record, try changing the dnsserver.

Thanks,
Visolve Squid Team,
http://squid.visolve.com
Received on Thu Jun 15 2006 - 21:50:53 MDT