Nope - the service is not running.  "ps -ef | grep nsc | grep -v grep"
shows nothing, and I can start/stop it without any problem.

The last time, I just waited until the TTL on the DNS record expired.
However, I'd like to have this reconfigured and tested before I go home
this evening.

Any other suggestions?

Thanks,
-Luke


Ken Teh wrote:
> Do you have nscd running?  Do 'service nscd stop'.
> 
> On Thu, 29 Dec 2005, Luke Scharf wrote:
> 
> 
>>I've run into this problem before: how do I empty the DNS cache in Linux?
>>
>>I've changed a record in my DNS server, and ping still insists that the
>>server is at the old address.   However, if I point nslookup directly at
>>any/all of the DNS servers, I get the correct (new) address.
>>
>>I've tried touch'ing /etc/resolv.conf and /etc/nsswitch.conf.  I've
>>poked around in /var looking for the file that the DNS client uses to
>>store the database.  It has to be a file, because the last time I ran
>>into this problem, a reboot wouldn't encourage ping or any of the other
>>tools I tried to actually query the server and get the new record...
>>
>>Any suggestions?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>-Luke
>>
>>


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Luke Scharf, Systems Administrator
Virginia Tech Aerospace and Ocean Engineering