Querying and administrating a Domain Name System (DNS)

This information describes the Domain Name System (DNS) domain names, domain name servers, resolvers, and resource records. It also provides the following descriptions:
  • NSLOOKUP, onslookup, nsupdate, DIG, and dig commands used to query name servers
  • hostname, dnsdomainname, and domainname commands used to display the local DNS host name and domain name