Understanding the dig command
dig will let you perform any valid DNS query, the most common of which are A (the IP address), TXT (text annotations), MX (mail exchanges), and NS nameservers.
The command dig is a tool for querying DNS nameservers for information about host addresses, mail exchanges, nameservers, and related information.
This tool can be used from any Linux (Unix) or Macintosh OS X operating system. The most typical use of dig is to simply query a single host.
; <> DiG 9.5.1-P3 <> serverbuddies.com
;; global options: printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 39970
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 13, ADDITIONAL: 0
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;serverbuddies.com. IN A
;; ANSWER SECTION:
serverbuddies.com. 14043 IN A 67.228.43.85
A quick way to just get the answer only is to run the following command:
Use the following command to get a list of all the mailservers for mt-example.com:
Use the following command to get a list of authoritative DNS servers for mt-example.com:
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