Different results for nslookup on different OS on the same system

[Paul Colquhoun]

On 7 Aug 2006 16:52:26 -0700, oneders <oneders at gmail.com> 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


Those are the IP addresses of the DNS server mentioned in the line
above. All this means is that the WinXP and Unix environments have
different default DNS servers configured.


| 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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