Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 08:56:21 +1100 From: JacobRhoden <jrhoden@unimelb.edu.au> To: Frank Knobbe <frank@knobbe.us>, darryl@osborne-ind.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: DNS/Webhosting question Message-ID: <200311170856.21808.jrhoden@unimelb.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <1068849833.2408.10.camel@localhost> References: <006801c3aaf5$9a851bf0$0701a8c0@darryl> <1068849833.2408.10.camel@localhost>
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On Sat, 15 Nov 2003 09:43 am, Frank Knobbe wrote:
> On Fri, 2003-11-14 at 15:23, Darryl Hoar wrote:
> > What tools exist in Freebsd to determine the primary dsn server for a
> > domain
>
> Heh.. . everyone seems to be responding with 'nslookup -type=ns foo.com'
> or 'host -t ns foo.com', but those queries return *all* name servers and
> make no distinction which one is the primary. For that you have to query
> the SOA which contains the primary name server for a domain.
> -> host -t soa foo.com
Whois is useful for the same purpose
jrhoden@elkanah# whois foo.com
Whois Server Version 1.3
.........
Domain servers in listed order:
NS.OKDIRECT.COM 216.234.246.133
NS2.OKDIRECT.COM 216.234.246.134
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