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0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt <refentryinfo>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt </refentryinfo>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt <refnamediv>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt <refpurpose>query Internet name servers interactively</refpurpose>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt </refnamediv>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt <holder>Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")</holder>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt </copyright>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt <refsynopsisdiv>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt <cmdsynopsis>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt </cmdsynopsis>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt </refsynopsisdiv>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt is a program to query Internet domain name servers. <command>Nslookup</command>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt has two modes: interactive and non-interactive. Interactive mode allows
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt the user to query name servers for information about various hosts and
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt domains or to print a list of hosts in a domain. Non-interactive mode
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt used to print just the name and requested information for a host or
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt Interactive mode is entered in the following cases:
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt when no arguments are given (the default name server will be used)
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt when the first argument is a hyphen (-) and the second argument is
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt the host name or Internet address of a name server.
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt </orderedlist>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt Non-interactive mode is used when the name or Internet address of the
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt host to be looked up is given as the first argument. The optional second
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt argument specifies the host name or address of a name server.
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt Options can also be specified on the command line if they precede the
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt arguments and are prefixed with a hyphen. For example, to
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt change the default query type to host information, and the initial
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt timeout to 10 seconds, type:
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt <!-- <informalexample> produces bad nroff. -->
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt <programlisting>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Huntnslookup -query=hinfo -timeout=10
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt</programlisting>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt <!-- </informalexample> -->
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt <variablelist>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt <varlistentry>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt <term><constant>host</constant> <optional>server</optional></term>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt Look up information for host using the current default server or
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt using server, if specified. If host is an Internet address and
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt the query type is A or PTR, the name of the host is returned.
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt If host is a name and does not have a trailing period, the
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt search list is used to qualify the name.
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt To look up a host not in the current domain, append a period to
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt </varlistentry>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt <varlistentry>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt <term><constant>server</constant> <replaceable class="parameter">domain</replaceable></term>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt </varlistentry>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt <varlistentry>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt <term><constant>lserver</constant> <replaceable class="parameter">domain</replaceable></term>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt Change the default server to <replaceable>domain</replaceable>; <constant>lserver</constant> uses the initial
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt server to look up information about <replaceable>domain</replaceable>, while <constant>server</constant> uses
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt the current default server. If an authoritative answer can't be
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt found, the names of servers that might have the answer are
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt </varlistentry>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt <varlistentry>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt not implemented
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt </varlistentry>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt <varlistentry>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt not implemented
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt </varlistentry>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt <varlistentry>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt not implemented
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt </varlistentry>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt <varlistentry>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt not implemented
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt </varlistentry>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt <varlistentry>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt not implemented
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt </varlistentry>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt <varlistentry>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt not implemented
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt </varlistentry>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt <varlistentry>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt Exits the program.
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt </varlistentry>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt <varlistentry>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt <replaceable>keyword<optional>=value</optional></replaceable></term>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt This command is used to change state information that affects
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt the lookups. Valid keywords are:
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt <variablelist>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt <varlistentry>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt Prints the current values of the frequently used
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt Information about the current default
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt server and host is also printed.
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt </varlistentry>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt <varlistentry>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt <term><constant>class=</constant><replaceable>value</replaceable></term>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt Change the query class to one of:
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt <variablelist>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt <varlistentry>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt the Internet class
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt </varlistentry>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt <varlistentry>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt the Chaos class
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt </varlistentry>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt <varlistentry>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt the Hesiod class
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt </varlistentry>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt <varlistentry>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt </varlistentry>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt </variablelist>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt The class specifies the protocol group of the information.
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt (Default = IN; abbreviation = cl)
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt </varlistentry>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt <varlistentry>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt <replaceable><optional>no</optional></replaceable>debug</constant></term>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt Turn on or off the display of the full response packet and
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt any intermediate response packets when searching.
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt (Default = nodebug; abbreviation = <optional>no</optional>deb)
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt </varlistentry>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt <varlistentry>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt <replaceable><optional>no</optional></replaceable>d2</constant></term>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt Turn debugging mode on or off. This displays more about
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt what nslookup is doing.
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt (Default = nod2)
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt </varlistentry>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt <varlistentry>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt <term><constant>domain=</constant><replaceable>name</replaceable></term>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt Sets the search list to <replaceable>name</replaceable>.
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt </varlistentry>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt <varlistentry>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt <replaceable><optional>no</optional></replaceable>search</constant></term>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt If the lookup request contains at least one period but
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt doesn't end with a trailing period, append the domain
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt names in the domain search list to the request until an
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt answer is received.
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt (Default = search)
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt </varlistentry>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt <varlistentry>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt <term><constant>port=</constant><replaceable>value</replaceable></term>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt Change the default TCP/UDP name server port to <replaceable>value</replaceable>.
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt (Default = 53; abbreviation = po)
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt </varlistentry>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt <varlistentry>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt <term><constant>querytype=</constant><replaceable>value</replaceable></term>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt </varlistentry>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt <varlistentry>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt <term><constant>type=</constant><replaceable>value</replaceable></term>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt Change the type of the information query.
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt (Default = A; abbreviations = q, ty)
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt </varlistentry>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt <varlistentry>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt <replaceable><optional>no</optional></replaceable>recurse</constant></term>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt Tell the name server to query other servers if it does not
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt information.
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt (Default = recurse; abbreviation = [no]rec)
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt </varlistentry>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt <varlistentry>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt <term><constant>ndots=</constant><replaceable>number</replaceable></term>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt Set the number of dots (label separators) in a domain
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt that will disable searching. Absolute names always
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt stop searching.
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt </varlistentry>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt <varlistentry>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt <term><constant>retry=</constant><replaceable>number</replaceable></term>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt Set the number of retries to number.
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt </varlistentry>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt <varlistentry>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt <term><constant>timeout=</constant><replaceable>number</replaceable></term>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt Change the initial timeout interval for waiting for a
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt reply to number seconds.
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt </varlistentry>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt <varlistentry>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt <replaceable><optional>no</optional></replaceable>vc</constant></term>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt Always use a virtual circuit when sending requests to the
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt (Default = novc)
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt </varlistentry>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt <varlistentry>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt <replaceable><optional>no</optional></replaceable>fail</constant></term>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt Try the next nameserver if a nameserver responds with
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt SERVFAIL or a referral (nofail) or terminate query
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt (fail) on such a response.
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt (Default = nofail)
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt </varlistentry>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt </variablelist>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt </varlistentry>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt </variablelist>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt <refentrytitle>dig</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt </citerefentry>,
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt <citerefentry>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt <refentrytitle>host</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt </citerefentry>,
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt <citerefentry>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt <refentrytitle>named</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt </citerefentry>.
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt Andrew Cherenson
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt - Local variables:
0d7548ee341c83c540624a423e2c701b6e9ddc4eEvan Hunt - mode: sgml