Check DNS zone serial Number

['chris']

hi

Howto check DNS zone serial Number on the secondary DNS server for example using dig?

[Steven Schweda · Accepted solution]

I know nothing, but a Google search for
dns dig serial
found many things, including:

http://www.madboa.com/geek/dig/

$ dig +nocmd ogi.edu any +multiline +noall +answer

I assume that one could specify a particular
server somehow. I see:

Query a different nameserver?

Just specify it on the command line:

dig @ns1.google.com www.google.com


When you did your Web search, what did you
look for?

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom,

It shows up on

dig any hpux.ws (pick your own domain name)

dig any | grep SOA

# Will also return the data.

Your secondary's if configured correctly will always have the same serial number as the master.

SEP

['chris']

THX

# dig any @194.X.X.X mydomain.net | grep SOA

works perfectly.