ls option with nslookup and dig

Jean-Christophe Smith jsmith at publichost.com
Mon Jul 16 18:20:45 UTC 2001


You have to be allowed by the name server to do AXFR

-jc
----- Original Message -----
From: "Christopher L. Barnard" <cbar44 at tsg.cbot.com>
To: <bind-users at isc.org>
Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 11:03 AM
Subject: Re: ls option with nslookup and dig


>
> >
> > carson <carson_tri1966 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Can someone please tell me how to use the ls option with nslookup or
> > > dig (if this is even possible)?  Thanks!
> > dig <zone> axfr
>
> actually, that does not appear to work:
>
> (~) mozart 51 % dig tsg.cbot.com axfr
>
> ; <<>> DiG 9.1.2 <<>> tsg.cbot.com axfr
> ;; global options:  printcmd
> ; Transfer failed.
>
> In the "bad old days" of bind 4.x, admins were checking the functionality
of
> the nameserver with the ls option of nslookup.  I just removed that check
> entirely, because it appears it cannot be done anymore.
>
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