[Cialug] How to clear resolver cache

Dave Weis djweis at internetsolver.com
Tue Oct 18 09:36:02 CDT 2005


On Tue, 18 Oct 2005, Nathan C. Smith wrote:
> Maybe I'm using the wrong search terms.
> How can I clear cached DNS entries in the resolver cache?

If you have edit resolv.conf and you are still getting bad data, the app 
might be caching. I know mozilla does and you have to stop and restart it. 
Use nslookup and see if the server you are pointing to is still holding 
the old address. Restarting bind will force it to drop them.

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Dave Weis
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