Configuring and Managing MPE/iX Internet Services (MPE/iX 6.5)

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DNS BIND/iX
List of Utilities
;; Total query time: 0 msec
;; FROM: mpeworld to SERVER: default -- 0.0.0.0
;; WHEN: Mon May 18 22:15:45 1998
;; MSG SIZE sent: 17 rcvd: 494
• host — look up host names using domain server.
Example:
shell/iX> host quasar.india.hp.com
quasar.india.hp.com has address 15.10.45.114
quasar.india.hp.com mail is handled (pri=90) by hpmdd58.india.hp.com
quasar.india.hp.com mail is handled (pri=100) by palsmtp.hp.com
quasar.india.hp.com mail is handled (pri=150) by atlsmtp.hp.com
quasar.india.hp.com mail is handled (pri=10) by quasar.india.hp.com
quasar.india.hp.com mail is handled (pri=50) by fakir.india.hp.com
• addr — get address of host
• dnsquery — Give all the DNS details and Mail exchange records.
Example:
shell/iX> dnsquery quasar.india.hp.com
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 45601
;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 6, AUTHORITY: 7, ADDITIONAL: 10
;; quasar.india.hp.com, type = ANY, class = IN
quasar.india.hp.com. 1D IN MX 50 fakir.india.hp.com.
quasar.india.hp.com. 1D IN MX 90 hpmdd58.india.hp.com.
quasar.india.hp.com. 1D IN MX 100 palsmtp.hp.com.
quasar.india.hp.com. 1D IN MX 150 atlsmtp.hp.com.
quasar.india.hp.com. 1D IN MX 10 quasar.india.hp.com.
quasar.india.hp.com. 1D IN A 15.10.45.114
india.hp.com. 1D IN NS fakir.india.hp.com.
india.hp.com. 1D IN NS cauvery.india.hp.com.
india.hp.com. 1D IN NS valmki.india.hp.com.
india.hp.com. 1D IN NS hpmdd58.india.hp.com.
india.hp.com. 1D IN NS palrel2.hp.com.
india.hp.com. 1D IN NS atlrel2.hp.com.
fakir.india.hp.com. 1D IN A 15.10.40.3
hpmdd58.india.hp.com. 1D IN A 15.70.168.58
palsmtp.hp.com. 8H IN A 156.153.255.242
palsmtp.hp.com. 8H IN A 156.153.255.226
atlsmtp.hp.com. 8H IN A 156.153.255.210
atlsmtp.hp.com. 8H IN A 156.153.255.202
quasar.india.hp.com. 1D IN A 15.10.45.114
cauvery.india.hp.com. 1D IN A 15.10.40.5
valmiki.india.hp.com. 1D IN A 15.17.112.100
sahana.india.hp.com. 1D IN A 15.10.43.22
NOTE In order to run the various utilities, you will need to modify your PATH
variable, adding the following two directories:
/BIND/PUB/sbin
/BIND/PUB/bin