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  3. December 2016

How to do a dns lookup on a system without

If you load the following on your system you will get the NSLOOKUP
command:
Resource
ID Option Feature Description
5770SS1 31 5050 Domain Name System

I've removed that option from many lpars because IBM uses such an old
version of bind that one fails audits. I wanted to ensure that it just
could not be started, accidentally or otherwise.
I really feel that the nslookup command is a 'client' command and not a
server command and should exist independently of that option. However I'm
trying to get work done so instead of submitting another RFE I'd like to
find an IBM i based alternative. (Noticed I dropped off the word
"native"?) QP2TERM and QSH both lack the 'ix commands HOST and DIG
(unless you load option 31). Are they there but just not in the default
path?


Rob Berendt

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