"ls" doesn't work for nslookup

[Kevin Darcy]

IIRC, when a query gets a SERVFAIL, and the subsequent "search"ed query, e.g.
foo.com.example.com gets a NOERROR, then I believe nslookup will, if not in
debug mode, report a NOERROR for the original query name, thus concealing the
SERVFAIL completely.

This is why I implore folks that if they *have* to use nslookup
*at*least* use debug mode. That's the only way you even have a hope of seeing
what's really going on...


- Kevin

Sam.Wilson at ed.ac.uk wrote:

> In article <9ag249$aah at pub3.rc.vix.com>, Kevin Darcy
> <kcd at daimlerchrysler.com> wrote:
>
> > David Frank wrote:
> >
> > > Why din't they want to include such a useful tool?
> >
> > Because it's misleading, and confusing, and just generally sucky, ...
>
> ... and occasionally it actually lies to you.  (No, I can't remember the
> circumstances, but I remember thinking something along the lines of, "Gee,
> that's misleading, confusing and just generally sucky...")
>
> --
> Sam Wilson
> Network Services Division, Computing Services
> The University of Edinburgh
> Edinburgh, Scotland, UK