nslookup is a debugging tool provided as part of the BIND software package. It allows anyone to directly query a nameserver and retrieve any of the information known to the DNS system. It is helpful for determining if the server is running correctly and is properly configured, or for querying for information provided by remote servers. | Chapter 8 Configuring named The first time you run it watch for error messages. named logs errors to the messages file. 11 Once named is running to your satisfaction use nslookup to query the nameserver to make sure it is providing the correct information. 11 This file if found at usr adm messages on both our Linux and Solaris sample systems but it might be located somewhere else on your system. Check your system s documentation. Previous Configuring the Resolver Configuring the Resolver TCP IP Network Administration Book Index Next Using nslookup Using nslookup Library Home DNS BIND TCP IP sendmail sendmail Reference Firewalls Practical Security Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on to remove this watermark. file C mynapster Downloads warez tcpip 13 of 13 2001-10-15 09 18 25 Chapter 8 Using nslookup Next Summary Previous Configuring named Chapter 8 Configuring DNS Name Service Using nslookup nslookup is a debugging tool provided as part of the BIND software package. It allows anyone to directly query a nameserver and retrieve any of the information known to the DNS system. It is helpful for determining if the server is running correctly and is properly configured or for querying for information provided by remote servers. The nslookup program is used to resolve queries either interactively or directly from the command line. Below is a command-line example of using nslookup to query for the IP address of a host nslookup Server Address Name Address Here a user asks nslookup to provide the address of . nslookup displays the name and address of the server used to resolve the query and then it displays the answer to the query. This is useful but nslookup is more often used interactively. The real power of nslookup is seen in interactive mode. To enter interactive mode type nslookup on the command line without any .
