Verification of SRV records through dig or nslookup

[Kevin Darcy]

Thomas Renzy wrote:

> All,
>
> I've set up DNS to allow updates of SRV records to my DNS server in a lab
> from an Active Directory environment. I see them below by looking directly
> at the file
>
> cat db.veritas.com
> <SNIP>
> $ORIGIN _tcp.veritas.com.
> _kpasswd        600     IN      SRV             0 100 464
> svladr01-lab.veritas.com.     ;Cl=2
>         600     IN      SRV             0 100 464 svladr02-lab.veritas.com.
> ;Cl=2
> _ldap   600     IN      SRV             0 100 389 svladr01-lab.veritas.com.
> ;Cl=2
>         600     IN      SRV             0 100 389 svladr02-lab.veritas.com.
> ;Cl=2
> _gc     600     IN      SRV             0 100 3268 svladr01-lab.veritas.com.
> ;Cl=2
> _kerberos       600     IN      SRV             0 100 88
> svladr01-lab.veritas.com.      ;Cl=2
>         600     IN      SRV             0 100 88 svladr02-lab.veritas.com.
> ;Cl=2
> $ORIGIN _udp.veritas.com.
> _kpasswd        600     IN      SRV             0 100 464
> svladr01-lab.veritas.com.     ;Cl=2
>         600     IN      SRV             0 100 464 svladr02-lab.veritas.com.
> ;Cl=2
> _kerberos       600     IN      SRV             0 100 88
> svladr01-lab.veritas.com.      ;Cl=2
>         600     IN      SRV             0 100 88 svladr02-lab.veritas.com.
> ;Cl=2
> <SNIP>
>
> How do I check them using dig or nslookup? I've tried using dig @localhost
> srv _kpasswd_tcp.veritas.com.
> but to no avail. What is the correct way to check that the SRV records have
> been updated in DNS?

Try looking up the name _kpasswd._tcp.veritas.com (you were missing a dot).


- Kevin