RE: nslookup

@jack
Rob is correct in that 31 is 'Domain Name System' and includes the NSLOOKUP command. If you don't have option 31 installed, you don't have NSLOOKUP.
However, all I can find about option 31 is regarding extended support for obsolete OS versions 7.3 and previous. It states that option 31 will "have only usage and known defect support."

@Rob: can you direct me to where you've seen support for option 31 being dropped?

Thanks,
Michael Quigley
Computer Services
The Way international
www.TheWay.org

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message: 4
date: Fri, 24 May 2024 16:06:18 +0000
from: Jack Woehr via MIDRANGE-L <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
subject: Re: nslookup

Not dropping NSLOOKUP ... the DNS server is to make your IBM i be a DNS
server which it seems nobody does anymore.

Not having a DNS server does not stop DNS exploratory utilities from
working. For instance, nslookup just goes to whatever you've configured to
be the dns server you do lookups against, usually some VM in the data
center, or 8.8.8.8 for Google.

date: Fri, 24 May 2024 07:26:28 -0400
from: Rob Berendt <robertowenberendt@xxxxxxxxx>
subject: nslookup

Right now you only have the NSLOOKUP command if you have option 31, dns
server, loaded. IBM is dropping support for option 31 dns server. Does this
mean they'll unbundle support for DNS CLIENT tools like nslookup from
option 31 and either include them as part of base or TC1?