From: Eric Hodel <drbrain@...7.net>
Date: 2005-11-11T08:15:35+09:00
Subject: Re: Network computer name problem w/ Tiger and DRb

On Nov 10, 2005, at 3:01 PM, Jim Freeze wrote:

> BTW, host failed, but dig seems to work:
>
> % dig 'jim-freezes-powerbook-g4-15.local'
>
> ; <<>> DiG 9.2.2 <<>> jim-freezes-powerbook-g4-15.local
> ;; global options:  printcmd
> ;; Got answer:
> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 50543
> ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0
                                 ^^^^^^^^^

ANSWER would be 1 if it found a matching record.

> ;; QUESTION SECTION:
> ;jim-freezes-powerbook-g4-15.local. IN  A
>
> ;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
> .                       539     IN      SOA     frootb.mycompany.net.
> dnssupport.mycompany.com. 2004059055 14400 3600 604800 600
>
> ;; Query time: 66 msec
> ;; SERVER: 10.208.0.3#53(10.208.0.3)
> ;; WHEN: Thu Nov 10 17:00:07 2005
> ;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 130
>
> --
> Jim Freeze

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