Re: [MLUG] Domain Name Lookup from Assigned DNS Servers

[Jason McIntosh <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Look at nslookup - it contacts the DNS server specified in /etc/resolv.conf
and asks it for information.  dig is the newer application, but I've alway
sused nslookup.  
Cheers!
Jason

On 1/10/03 9:38 PM, "Neil Bradshaw" <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:

> Okay, if I'm on MLUG and I type in
> 
> host mlug.missouri.edu
> 
> it spits out an IP. If the DNS server has changed this domain name's IP
> assignment, how do I query that server? Furthermore, will the local  DNS
> server cache the change?
> 
> I'm primarily interested in this because I have URL forwarding set up with
> a company and my requests for an address change have failed three times
> over the last two weeks.
> 
> Cheers,
> Neil Bradshaw
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