nslookup

[L. F. Sheldon, Jr.]

On 23 Dec 1999, Adrian Griffis wrote:

> Hello again,
> 
> When I use nslookup to lookup up my domain, the result is double domain and
> no ip address
> 
> i.e.
> > nslookup my.domain.com
> 
> >ns.my.domain.com
> >xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
> 
> >my.domain.com.my.domain.com
> 
> Is there something I'm missing?

Why, yes, you probably are.

Most specifically, you are probably missing the trailing dot in your
domain name in your zone file.

> Newbie question: How do you restart named without restart the whole server?

Some folks have a "sig_named restart", some folks have to do a
"ps" to find out named's PID, the do a "kill -mumble [named's PID], where
"mumble" is an actual digit or symbolic name -- see you local man pages
for details.

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