Different results for nslookup on different OS on the same system

[Chris Buxton]

nslookup on Windows and from the BIND package are two different  
pieces of software with the same name - they split a long time ago,  
and now have somewhat different feature sets and behaviors.

However, what you're showing us here is just two different  
workstation configurations - each one is using a different resolving  
name server.

Chris Buxton
Men & Mice

On Aug 7, 2006, at 4:52 PM, oneders wrote:

> I just typed
> nslookup in both Unix as well as WinXP prompts and following are the
> results which I got
> In Unix:
> nslookup
> Default Server:  lurch.cns.syr.edu
> Address:  128.230.12.5
>
> In WinXP:
> H:\>nslookup
> Default Server:  pitana.ad.ecs.syr.edu
> Address:  128.230.208.13
>
> Robert Haas wrote:
>> bind-users-bounce at isc.org wrote on 08/05/2006 12:58:24 AM:
>>> Hi
>>> I used nskookup in WinXP environment.
>>> I also used nslookup on the same system in Unix environemnt.
>>> But the result of the nslookup for the same system on different  
>>> OS were
>>> different.
>>> Can anyone please tell me why??
>>> Thanx
>>> Shaun
>> Well, you've omitted a few pieces of important information, such as,
>> minimally:
>>
>> - Exactly what commands did you run?
>> - What was the output?
>> - Was the machine using the same nameserver when it was running under
>> Windows (use ipconfig /all for info) that it was using when it was  
>> running
>> under UNIX (use cat /etc/resolv.conf for details)?
>>
>> ...Robert
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