DNS domain is invalid?

     Hi,
     
          I've searched the archives and haven't found the answer yet so
     I'm moving to the next step (all of you:).
     
          We have Squid 2.2.STABLE2 up but not running. When I try to
     connect to an external site (Yahoo in this example) we get:
     
     ---
     The requested URL could not be retrieved
     
     While trying to retrieve the URL: http://www.yahoo.com/
     
     The following error was encountered:
     
     Unable to determine IP address from host name for www.yahoo.com
     
     The dnsserver returned:
     
     DNS Domain 'www.yahoo.com' is invalid: Host not found (authoritative).
     
     This means that:
     
     The cache was not able to resolve the hostname presented in the URL.
     Check if the address is correct.
     
     Generated Mon, 07 Jun 1999 18:10:16 GMT by gk2.qms.com
     (Squid/2.2.STABLE2)
     
     ---
     
     This is a dual-homed Sparc 10 running Solaris 5.7. DNS is
     resolving properly on the system:
     
     # nslookup www.yahoo.com
     Server: gatekeeper.qms.com
     Address: 161.33.3.1
     
     Name: www.yahoo.com
     Addresses: 204.71.200.68, 204.71.200.74, 204.71.200.75, 204.71.200.67
     
     
     # echo www.yahoo.com | ./dnsserver
     $addr 0 204.71.200.74 204.71.200.75 204.71.200.67 204.71.200.68
     
     
     /etc/nsswitch.conf contains the following line:
     
     hosts: dns files
     
     
          And finally when we put a sniffer on the network segment that the
     external interface is on there is absolutely *no* Squid traffic on the
     wire when attempting to get to Yahoo. No DNS query to the server
     (although we *do* see the domain traffic when the nslookup and
     echo...dnsserver commands are issued) and therefore no traffic from
     the proxy trying to get to Yahoo (since it can't resolve to an IP
     address).
     
          I know I'm missing something simple but haven't found what it is.
      Any help is appreciated. Thanks.
     
     John Smith
     Sys Admin
     QMS, Inc.
     1 Magnum Pass
     Mobile, AL 36618
     (334) 633-4300
     john_smith@rd.qms.com
     
     
Received on Tue Jun 08 1999 - 10:36:21 MDT