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 >> >> -- Luke Scharf, Systems Administrator Virginia Tech Aerospace and Ocean Engineering