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Date:      Thu, 10 May 2001 01:30:44 -0500
From:      Andrew Hesford <ajh3@usrlib.org>
To:        Dale/Doug Cabell <nnmg@home.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Question regarding nslookup
Message-ID:  <20010510013044.A13098@core.usrlib.org>
In-Reply-To: <007f01c0d919$43328cd0$a47ba8c0@cx159613b>; from nnmg@home.com on Wed, May 09, 2001 at 11:20:08PM -0700
References:  <007f01c0d919$43328cd0$a47ba8c0@cx159613b>

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On Wed, May 09, 2001 at 11:20:08PM -0700, Dale/Doug Cabell wrote:
> 
>    Hi:
>    
>    When you bring up nslookup, where exactly does it get the server its
>    looking at. I am still getting my old server name in nslookup when it
>    starts up. I have changed the name in paces like rc.conf, but the old
>    name stil shows up in nslookup.
>    
>    Any ideas anyone?

nslookup takes its server from /etc/resolv.conf. The first server listed
in this file is the primary server, with importance decreasing down the
list. Hence, nslookup takes the primary nameserver designated for a
system.

-- 
Andrew Hesford
ajh3@usrlib.org

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