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DISCLAIMS ALL -.\" WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES -.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL DIGITAL EQUIPMENT -.\" CORPORATION BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL -.\" DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR -.\" PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS -.\" ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS -.\" SOFTWARE. -.\" - -.\" --Copyright-- -.\" $Id: host.1,v 8.1 1994/12/15 06:24:10 vixie Exp $ -.TH HOST @CMD_EXT_U@ -.SH NAME -host \- look up host names using domain server -.SH SYNOPSIS -host [-l] [-v] [-w] [-r] [-d] [-t querytype] [-a] host [ server ] -.SH DESCRIPTION -.I Host -looks for information about Internet hosts. It gets this information -from a set of interconnected servers that are spread across the -country. By default, it simply converts between host names and -Internet addresses. However with the -t or -a options, it can be used -to find all of the information about this host that is maintained -by the domain server. -.PP -The arguments can be either host names or host numbers. The program -first attempts to interpret them as host numbers. If this fails, -it will treat them as host names. A host number consists of -first decimal numbers separated by dots, e.g. 128.6.4.194 -A host name -consists of names separated by dots, e.g. topaz.rutgers.edu. -Unless the name ends in a dot, the local domain -is automatically tacked on the end. Thus a Rutgers user can say -"host topaz", and it will actually look up "topaz.rutgers.edu". -If this fails, the name is tried unchanged (in this case, "topaz"). -This same convention is used for mail and other network utilities. -The actual suffix to tack on the end is obtained -by looking at the results of a "hostname" call, and using everything -starting at the first dot. (See below for a description of -how to customize the host name lookup.) -.PP -The first argument is the host name you want to look up. -If this is a number, an "inverse query" is done, i.e. the domain -system looks in a separate set of databases used to convert numbers -to names. -.PP -The second argument is optional. It -allows you to specify a particular server to query. If you don't -specify this argument, the default server (normally the local machine) -is used. -.PP -If a name is specified, you may see output of three different kinds. -Here is an example that shows all of them: -.br - % host sun4 -.br - sun4.rutgers.edu is a nickname for ATHOS.RUTGERS.EDU -.br - ATHOS.RUTGERS.EDU has address 128.6.5.46 -.br - ATHOS.RUTGERS.EDU has address 128.6.4.4 -.br - ATHOS.RUTGERS.EDU mail is handled by ARAMIS.RUTGERS.EDU -.br -The user has typed the command "host sun4". The first line indicates -that the name "sun4.rutgers.edu" is actually a nickname. The official -host name is "ATHOS.RUTGERS.EDU'. The next two lines show the -address. If a system has more than one network interface, there -will be a separate address for each. The last line indicates -that ATHOS.RUTGERS.EDU does not receive its own mail. Mail for -it is taken by ARAMIS.RUTGERS.EDU. There may be more than one -such line, since some systems have more than one other system -that will handle mail for them. Technically, every system that -can receive mail is supposed to have an entry of this kind. If -the system receives its own mail, there should be an entry -the mentions the system itself, for example -"XXX mail is handled by XXX". However many systems that receive -their own mail do not bother to mention that fact. If a system -has a "mail is handled by" entry, but no address, this indicates -that it is not really part of the Internet, but a system that is -on the network will forward mail to it. Systems on Usenet, Bitnet, -and a number of other networks have entries of this kind. -.PP -There are a number of options that can be used before the -host name. Most of these options are meaningful only to the -staff who have to maintain the domain database. -.PP -The option -w causes host to wait forever for a response. Normally -it will time out after around a minute. -.PP -The option -v causes printout to be in a "verbose" format. This -is the official domain master file format, which is documented -in the man page for "named". Without this option, output still follows -this format in general terms, but some attempt is made to make it -more intelligible to normal users. Without -v, -"a", "mx", and "cname" records -are written out as "has address", "mail is handled by", and -"is a nickname for", and TTL and class fields are not shown. -.PP -The option -r causes recursion to be turned off in the request. -This means that the name server will return only data it has in -its own database. It will not ask other servers for more -information. -.PP -The option -d turns on debugging. Network transactions are shown -in detail. -.PP -The option -t allows you to specify a particular type of information -to be looked up. The arguments are defined in the man page for -"named". Currently supported types are a, ns, md, mf, cname, -soa, mb, mg, mr, null, wks, ptr, hinfo, minfo, mx, uinfo, -uid, gid, unspec, and the wildcard, which may be written -as either "any" or "*". Types must be given in lower case. -Note that the default is to look first for "a", and then "mx", except -that if the verbose option is turned on, the default is only "a". -.PP -The option -a (for "all") is equivalent to "-v -t any". -.PP -The option -l causes a listing of a complete domain. E.g. -.br - host -l rutgers.edu -.br -will give a listing of all hosts in the rutgers.edu domain. The -t -option is used to filter what information is presented, as you -would expect. The default is address information, which also -include PTR and NS records. The command -.br - host -l -v -t any rutgers.edu -.br -will give a complete download of the zone data for rutgers.edu, -in the official master file format. (However the SOA record is -listed twice, for arcane reasons.) NOTE: -l is implemented by -doing a complete zone transfer and then filtering out the information -the you have asked for. This command should be used only if it -is absolutely necessary. -.SH CUSTOMIZING HOST NAME LOOKUP -In general, if the name supplied by the user does not -have any dots in it, a default domain is appended to the end. -This domain can be defined in /etc/resolv.conf, but is normally derived -by taking the local hostname after its first dot. The user can override -this, and specify a different default domain, using the environment -variable -.IR LOCALDOMAIN . -In addition, the user can supply his own abbreviations for host names. -They should be in a file consisting of one line per abbreviation. -Each line contains an abbreviation, a space, and then the full -host name. This file must be pointed to by an environment variable -.IR HOSTALIASES , -which is the name of the file. -.SH "See Also" -@INDOT@named (@SYS_OPS_EXT@) -.SH BUGS -Unexpected effects can happen when you type a name that is not -part of the local domain. Please always keep in mind the -fact that the local domain name is tacked onto the end of every -name, unless it ends in a dot. Only if this fails is the name -used unchanged. -.PP -The -l option only tries the first name server listed for the -domain that you have requested. If this server is dead, you -may need to specify a server manually. E.g. to get a listing -of foo.edu, you could try "host -t ns foo.edu" to get a list -of all the name servers for foo.edu, and then try "host -l foo.edu xxx" -for all xxx on the list of name servers, until you find one that -works. |