Damian Gerow wrote: > Lisa wrote: > >>>> Needless to say, you need to wait for their zone to expire in >>>> >>> your DNS cache before you will be able to reach it. >>> >>> >> I read this and remembered there's a flushdns command in Windoze to force an >> immediate refresh. So I looked for a Linux equivalent, which is supposedly: >> >> /etc/rc.d/init.d/nscd restart >> > > Which works great if you're running nscd, but not everyone is. >
In any case, even if you are running nscd and flush it, the dns entry could actually be cached further upstream as well (your router, ISP etc.) --Raj. > Stephen's workaround (adding the entry to /etc/hosts) works around the > problem neatly, no matter your resolver situation. > _______________________________________________ > Linux mailing list > Linux@lists.oclug.on.ca > http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux > _______________________________________________ Linux mailing list Linux@lists.oclug.on.ca http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux
