https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/dns-service/m-p/4668102#M41754 locally you could do a lookup or check if port 53 is opened.<BR /><BR />address lookup<BR /># dig @localhost <A href="http://www.google.com" target="_blank">www.google.com</A><BR /><BR />port lookup<BR /># netstat -tnpl |grep 53<BR /><BR /> Mon, 02 Aug 2010 16:19:34 GMT Wilfred Chau_1 2010-08-02T16:19:34Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/dns-service/m-p/4668100#M41752 Hi<BR /><BR />How to know the dns service status in Linux Fri, 30 Jul 2010 03:55:03 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/dns-service/m-p/4668100#M41752 Renjus 2010-07-30T03:55:03Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/dns-service/m-p/4668101#M41753 Depends on your distro. Check if bind is running if you have one. Name resolution can be checked with nslookup and/or dig. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:42:01 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/dns-service/m-p/4668101#M41753 Modris Bremze 2010-07-30T04:42:01Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/dns-service/m-p/4668102#M41754 locally you could do a lookup or check if port 53 is opened.<BR /><BR />address lookup<BR /># dig @localhost <A href="http://www.google.com" target="_blank">www.google.com</A><BR /><BR />port lookup<BR /># netstat -tnpl |grep 53<BR /><BR /> Mon, 02 Aug 2010 16:19:34 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/dns-service/m-p/4668102#M41754 Wilfred Chau_1 2010-08-02T16:19:34Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/dns-service/m-p/4668103#M41755 Shalom,<BR /><BR />RHEL/CentOS et al<BR /><BR />service named status<BR /><BR />SEP Tue, 03 Aug 2010 11:26:59 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/dns-service/m-p/4668103#M41755 Steven E. Protter 2010-08-03T11:26:59Z