[Mpls-pm] Specifying DNS Server

[steve ulrich]

having done this a few times in the past, i recommend the use of the
Net::DNS module which has a nice class within it called
Net::DNS::Resolver which enables you to specify the nameservers to be
used in the constructor. 

it's handy for overriding the default nameserver list used by the
system's resolver. 


when last we saw our hero (Monday, Jul 19, 2004), 
 Uncle Grimmie was madly tapping out:
> Hi, folks -
> 
> My organization is using both "normal" DNS and Active Directory DNS.
> These two systems agree to disagree in a relatively predictable
> manner, and sometimes in a wildly unpredictable and entertaining
> manner.
> 
> I perform audits on systems that have member servers in both DNSs
> (DNSes?  DNS's? DeeEnEssEz?), and one of my first jobs is to layout
> which servers look like what to whom.
> 
> I'd like to do everything with gethostbyname and gethostbyaddr, but
> unfortunately I cannot figure out how to explicitly specify what DNS
> servers to use. As a result, I'm doing a small portion of my queries
> with a wrapped "nslookup" command. Yuck.
> 

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steve ulrich                       sulrich at botwerks.org
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