Nslookup not showng TTL

[Sam Wilson]

In article <mailman.708.1255599991.14796.bind-users at lists.isc.org>,
 John Horne <john.horne at plymouth.ac.uk> wrote:

> On Thu, 2009-10-15 at 10:47 +0200, Adam Tkac wrote:
> > On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 09:06:56AM +0100, John Horne wrote:
> > > 
> > > How can I see the TTL value using nslookup?
> > 
> > I'm not sure how force nslookup to show TTL but the `dig` utility is
> > far more better tool for getting such information:
> > 
> I agree, it's not for me though :-)
> 
> I have to teach some Windows people about the DNS, and wanted to show
> them that they could use 'nslookup' on either the Linux box provided, or
> their own Windows PC's. ...

Please don't.  nslookup is a very blunt tool, occasionally comes very 
close to lying to you and, as you've found, obscures some information 
that you actually want to see.  Like this:

> ... In this instance the TTL is important. ...

> ... It may, however, be better to introduce them
> to dig rather than having to maintain the nslookup command.

Do it.  Use host if you have to but stay away from nslookup.

Sam

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