Re: Finding the name server owning a domain name

[Daniel Palmer <daniel@cardboardbox.org.uk>]

On Tuesday 13 November 2007 10:51:36 Micha Feigin wrote:
> Is there a way to find which domain name server owns a given domain name? I
> don't want to lookup the IP address but rather where the name is defined.
>
> I tried dig but it shows the name server defined in resolv.conf and not the
> actual owner
>
> thanks

$dig soa domain.com; will give the source of authority for a domain. Most 
TLD's require 2 or more nameservers for a domain, so a name is usually 
defined at more than one nameserver... the SOA will take president however.

Cheers,

Daniel