On 07.03.2013 20:43, Paul Muster wrote:
> Now... After replacing server name "ldap" by it's IP address 192.168.1.8
> it works!!
>
> But why? DNS is ok:
>
> # su Debian-exim
> \h:\w$ nslookup ldap
> Server: 192.168.1.1
> Address: 192.168.1.1#53
>
> Name: ldap.domain.tld
> Address: 192.168.1.8
>
> \h:\w$ host ldap
> ldap.domain.tld has address 192.168.1.8
> \h:\w$
nslookup and host are successful while dig fails:
# su Debian-exim
\h:\w$ dig ldap
; <<>> DiG 9.8.4-rpz2+rl005.12-P1 <<>> ldap
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 51789
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;ldap. IN A
;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
. 4051 IN SOA a.root-servers.net.
nstld.verisign-grs.com. 2013030701 1800 900 604800 86400
;; Query time: 0 msec
;; SERVER: 192.168.1.254#53(192.168.1.254)
;; WHEN: Thu Mar 7 21:01:44 2013
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 97
\h:\w$
Accordingly it also works when putting LDAP server's FQDN in Exim
authenticator. But why?
# cat /etc/resolv.conf
domain domain.tld
search domain.tld
nameserver 192.168.1.1
Thanks & greetings,
Paul
