Re: [SPAM] bug/feature in host/nslookup command - queries wrong server

2010-02-03 Thread Tom H
>> Alternatively, you can >> use the dig command to query specific servers. > Yea, but you can't understand anything dig prints > to stdout, so using it to do queries is hopeless :-). So the ";; QUESTION SECTION:" header is not enough of a hint? :) Furthermore, you can create aliases of the foll

Re: [SPAM] bug/feature in host/nslookup command - queries wrong server

2010-02-02 Thread Tom Horsley
On Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:19:13 +1030 Tim wrote: > Alternatively, you can > use the dig command to query specific servers. Yea, but you can't understand anything dig prints to stdout, so using it to do queries is hopeless :-). -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or ch

Re: [SPAM] bug/feature in host/nslookup command - queries wrong server

2010-02-02 Thread Tim
On Tue, 2010-02-02 at 10:57 +, Duncan Berriman wrote: > I have noticed that fedora 10 appears to ignore the server option when > using host or nslookup if the host in question is not available. Have you checked the man file for any syntax changes to the command? I notice Fedora 9 behaves the

[SPAM] bug/feature in host/nslookup command - queries wrong server

2010-02-02 Thread Duncan Berriman
Hi, I have noticed that fedora 10 appears to ignore the server option when using host or nslookup if the host in question is not available. The commands should return no server available as they have in the past but instead decide to query the local name server and return results from that.