unable to get a nslookup on windows client

[Mark Andrews]

> On 20 Nov 2007, at 22:08, Kevin Darcy wrote:
> 
> > Short version (not that I'm famous for being terse): nslookup sucks.
> 
> 	Yes, but ...
> 
> 	When I try to explain this, my colleagues who live mainly (or even
> 	exclusively) in the MS Windows environment tell me, "nslookup is
> 	all there is".  Installing BIND, just to have dig on their machines,
> 	seems to have too high a (perceived) cost.

	You mean a couple of bytes of disk space.  The server (named)
	is not started by default.  You have to explicitly start it.

	The full release is on 7860K.  A word document takes more than
	that these days.

-rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel   245760 Oct 31 16:16 BINDInstall.exe
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel    53248 Oct 31 16:16 bindevt.dll
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel    73728 Oct 31 16:16 dig.exe
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel    17920 Oct 31 16:15 dnssec-keygen.exe
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel    49152 Oct 31 16:16 dnssec-signzone.exe
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel    61440 Oct 31 16:15 host.exe
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel    31744 Oct 31 16:13 libbind9.dll
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel   958464 Oct 31 16:12 libdns.dll
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  1028096 May  1  2007 libeay32.dll
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel   212992 Oct 31 16:10 libisc.dll
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel    23552 Oct 31 16:13 libisccc.dll
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel    65536 Oct 31 16:13 libisccfg.dll
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel    33792 Oct 31 16:13 liblwres.dll
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel    13824 Oct 31 16:15 named-checkconf.exe
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel    13824 Oct 31 16:15 named-checkzone.exe
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel    13824 Oct 31 16:15 named-compilezone.exe
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel   262144 Oct 31 16:15 named.exe
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel    61440 Oct 31 16:15 nslookup.exe
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel    49152 Oct 31 16:15 nsupdate.exe
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel    11776 Oct 31 16:15 rndc-confgen.exe
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel    20480 Oct 31 16:15 rndc.exe
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  2682880 Dec  2  2006 vcredist_x86.exe

 
> 	Maybe there's an easy path for those who don't have the luxury of
> 	working in an environment where dig is just part of the furniture.
> 	I don't know, because I have that luxury.  If there is, I'ld like
> 	to be made aware of it, so that instead of projecting the image of
> 	an "I-know-better dig snob", I can give practical advice to people
> 	stuck with nslookup.
> 
> 	Pointers welcome; thanks in advance.
> 
> 
> 	Best regards,
> 
> 	Niall O'Reilly
> 	University College Dublin IT Services
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