Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!cs.umn.edu!uc!noc.MR.NET!news.stolaf.edu!news.stolaf.edu!swansonc From: swansonc@acc.stolaf.edu (Chris Swanson) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.domains Subject: Re: Finding hostnames of a domain Message-ID: Date: 18 Apr 91 04:06:08 GMT Article-I.D.: grendel1.SWANSONC.91Apr17230608 References: <1991Apr15.211341.7704@nrcnet0.nrc.ca> Sender: news@news.stolaf.edu Organization: St. Olaf College / N.E.T. Ambulance Lines: 34 In-Reply-To: RRH@VM.NRC.CA's message of 15 Apr 91 21:11:35 GMT >>>>> On 15 Apr 91 21:11:35 GMT, >>>>> in message <1991Apr15.211341.7704@nrcnet0.nrc.ca>, >>>>> RRH@VM.NRC.CA wrote: RRH> Hello Netters, RRH> This is my first posting to this group so excuse any mistakes. RRH> How do I use the NSLOOKUP to find the names of all the hosts of a RRH> domain. I am trying to locate the Network Ad. for locus.com. I RRH> don't have a clue what machine he uses. So I thought if I could RRH> list all the machines within locus.com, maybe some machine might RRH> give me a clue. RRH> Thanks in advance Ratilal Haria First, you could try the whois program on locus to find the net record "handle" then use use that handle to lookup the actual net record, and that should give you the admin. contact. This would be easier than nslookup. If you still want/need to use nslookup, enter nslookup interactively and type "server locus.com" at the > promt to set up the ns server as locus.com then type the command "ls locus.com" and you should get a listing of all of the hosts in that domain if they have set it up to allow the ls. -Chris -- Chris Swanson, Chem/CS/Pre-med Undergrad, St. Olaf College, Northfield,MN 55057 DDN: (CDS6) INTERNET: swansonc@acc.stolaf.edu UUCP: uunet!stolaf!swansonc AT&T: Work: (507)-645-4528 Home: (507)-663-6424 I would deny this reality, but that wouldn't pay the bills...