Of course some versions of nslookup arent' "standard" even for nslookup. The one on HP-UX actually interrogates local /etc/hosts file if nsswitch.conf says to use files first. I got so used to doing that for years that when I tried to use nslookup on Linux back in 2005 I was miffed because it was "broken" and only looked up from name servers. (Someone even had the gall to point out that "ns"lookup was "name server" lookup). :-)
-----Original Message----- From: bind-users-bounces+jlightner=water....@lists.isc.org [mailto:bind-users-bounces+jlightner=water....@lists.isc.org] On Behalf Of Ben McGinnes Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2010 1:52 PM To: Kevin Darcy Cc: bind-users@lists.isc.org Subject: Re: Unable to query the nameserver On 7/10/10 4:42 AM, Kevin Darcy wrote: > > ISC has tried to kill it, but the beast is resilient and won't die. Maybe we should call it a wombat then ... > Invocations of nslookup are embedded in thousands of legacy scripts and > some folks are unable or unwilling to change them. Nothing quite like coding/sysadmin laziness is there. Still, I probably can't talk on that front. Regards, Ben Proud partner. Susan G. Komen for the Cure. Please consider our environment before printing this e-mail or attachments. ---------------------------------- CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail may contain privileged or confidential information and is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the contents of this information is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this electronic transmission in error, please reply immediately to the sender that you have received the message in error, and delete it. Thank you. ---------------------------------- _______________________________________________ bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users
