From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 9 22:58:12 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1BE9016A506 for ; Sat, 9 Dec 2006 22:58:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dan@dan.emsphone.com) Received: from dan.emsphone.com (dan.emsphone.com [199.67.51.101]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EBAE343DF6 for ; Sat, 9 Dec 2006 22:54:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dan@dan.emsphone.com) Received: (from dan@localhost) by dan.emsphone.com (8.13.6/8.13.8) id kB9Mt64E008875; Sat, 9 Dec 2006 16:55:06 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from dan) Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2006 16:55:06 -0600 From: Dan Nelson To: Jonathan Horne Message-ID: <20061209225506.GD69299@dan.emsphone.com> References: <200612091549.14418.freebsd@dfwlp.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200612091549.14418.freebsd@dfwlp.com> X-OS: FreeBSD 6.2-PRERELEASE X-message-flag: Outlook Error User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dns cache on a desktop X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 09 Dec 2006 22:58:12 -0000 In the last episode (Dec 09), Jonathan Horne said: > how can i flush the dns cache on my desktop system? google turns up > plenty on how to do it in linux or osx... but not freebsd. can > someone clue me in? Just bounce named: /etc/rc.d/named restart If you are not running named, you have no cache to flush :) -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com