In article <mailman.708.1255599991.14796.bind-us...@lists.isc.org>, John Horne <john.ho...@plymouth.ac.uk> wrote:
> On Thu, 2009-10-15 at 10:47 +0200, Adam Tkac wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 09:06:56AM +0100, John Horne wrote: > > > > > > How can I see the TTL value using nslookup? > > > > I'm not sure how force nslookup to show TTL but the `dig` utility is > > far more better tool for getting such information: > > > I agree, it's not for me though :-) > > I have to teach some Windows people about the DNS, and wanted to show > them that they could use 'nslookup' on either the Linux box provided, or > their own Windows PC's. ... Please don't. nslookup is a very blunt tool, occasionally comes very close to lying to you and, as you've found, obscures some information that you actually want to see. Like this: > ... In this instance the TTL is important. ... > ... It may, however, be better to introduce them > to dig rather than having to maintain the nslookup command. Do it. Use host if you have to but stay away from nslookup. Sam -- Sam Wilson one of hostmas...@ed.ac.uk Network Team, IT Infrastructure Information Services, The University of Edinburgh Edinburgh, Scotland, UK _______________________________________________ bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users
