Verification of SRV records through dig or nslookup

[Thomas Renzy]

Yeah I saw it after looing at it more closely. Thanks for pointing this out.

Thanks,
Thomas Renzy 
IS&T Global Network Services
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-----Original Message-----
From: Kevin Darcy [mailto:kcd at daimlerchrysler.com]
Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2002 11:08 AM
To: 'comp-protocols-dns-bind at isc.org'
Subject: Re: Verification of SRV records through dig or nslookup



Thomas Renzy wrote:

> All,
>
> I've set up DNS to allow updates of SRV records to my DNS server in a lab
> from an Active Directory environment. I see them below by looking directly
> at the file
>
> cat db.veritas.com
> <SNIP>
> $ORIGIN _tcp.veritas.com.
> _kpasswd        600     IN      SRV             0 100 464
> svladr01-lab.veritas.com.     ;Cl=2
>         600     IN      SRV             0 100 464
svladr02-lab.veritas.com.
> ;Cl=2
> _ldap   600     IN      SRV             0 100 389
svladr01-lab.veritas.com.
> ;Cl=2
>         600     IN      SRV             0 100 389
svladr02-lab.veritas.com.
> ;Cl=2
> _gc     600     IN      SRV             0 100 3268
svladr01-lab.veritas.com.
> ;Cl=2
> _kerberos       600     IN      SRV             0 100 88
> svladr01-lab.veritas.com.      ;Cl=2
>         600     IN      SRV             0 100 88 svladr02-lab.veritas.com.
> ;Cl=2
> $ORIGIN _udp.veritas.com.
> _kpasswd        600     IN      SRV             0 100 464
> svladr01-lab.veritas.com.     ;Cl=2
>         600     IN      SRV             0 100 464
svladr02-lab.veritas.com.
> ;Cl=2
> _kerberos       600     IN      SRV             0 100 88
> svladr01-lab.veritas.com.      ;Cl=2
>         600     IN      SRV             0 100 88 svladr02-lab.veritas.com.
> ;Cl=2
> <SNIP>
>
> How do I check them using dig or nslookup? I've tried using dig @localhost
> srv _kpasswd_tcp.veritas.com.
> but to no avail. What is the correct way to check that the SRV records
have
> been updated in DNS?

Try looking up the name _kpasswd._tcp.veritas.com (you were missing a dot).


- Kevin