at least from my point "dig hostname +trace" should work even if there is no resolv.conf entries.
On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 1:39 PM, Marc Lampo <marc.la...@eurid.eu> wrote: > I guess not, since "it" does not work ;-) > > After deleting all entries, did you : > 1) dig @dns.name. ... > or > 2) dig @IP.address > or > 3) No "@..." argument used at all ? > > In cases 1 & 3, dig will need data from /etc/resolv.conf. > Only in case 2 dig can do without. > > Kind regards, > > Marc Lampo > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Feng He [mailto:short...@gmail.com] > Sent: 19 July 2011 07:33 AM > To: bind-users@lists.isc.org > Subject: about the dig > > Hi list, > > When I deleted all the entries in /etc/resolv.conf (I am using Linux), > dig can't work. > I was thinking since dig is a standard resolver, it should have the > capibility to follow the referrel from root, thus it will work fine > even there is no system dns resolving. > Am I right? > > Thanks. > > _______________________________________________ Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe from this list bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users
