dig @e.root-servers.net . ns>/etc/bind/db.root I believe it is part of the dnsutils package. -- Andrew On Wed, 14 Jun 2000, Patrick Dahiroc wrote: > what's dig? how do i use it? > > On Wed, Jun 14, 2000 at 02:49:37AM +0000, Pollywog wrote: > > Isn't it preferable to get the root hints using dig?