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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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