On Wednesday 08 November 2006 3:50 pm, Paul Howarth wrote: > > It's working for me. My whois client is /usr/bin/whois, from the jwhois > package. > > Could you give an example of a domain you've tried and the information > you expected to get back in one go but didn't? > Sure... I'll use one of my domains: dngnbbs.com. Here's what I get: [john@slave1 ~]$ whois dngnbbs.com [Querying whois.verisign-grs.com] [whois.verisign-grs.com] Whois Server Version 2.0 Domain names in the .com and .net domains can now be registered with many different competing registrars. Go to http://www.internic.net for detailed information. Domain Name: DNGNBBS.COM Registrar: GO DADDY SOFTWARE, INC. Whois Server: whois.godaddy.com Referral URL: http://registrar.godaddy.com Name Server: NS13.ZONEEDIT.COM Name Server: NS8.ZONEEDIT.COM Status: REGISTRAR-LOCK EPP Status: clientDeleteProhibited EPP Status: clientRenewProhibited EPP Status: clientTransferProhibited EPP Status: clientUpdateProhibited Updated Date: 21-Jul-2006 Creation Date: 09-Sep-1995 Expiration Date: 08-Sep-2007 >>> Last update of whois database: Wed, 08 Nov 2006 16:24:50 EST <<< NOTICE: The expiration date displayed in this record is the date the registrar's sponsorship of the domain name registration in the registry is currently set to expire. This date does not necessarily reflect the expiration date of the domain name registrant's agreement with the sponsoring registrar. Users may consult the sponsoring registrar's Whois database to view the registrar's reported date of expiration for this registration. 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[john@slave1 ~]$ Here's what I *expected* to get: [Querying whois.godaddy.com] [whois.godaddy.com] The data contained in GoDaddy.com, Inc.'s WhoIs database, while believed by the company to be reliable, is provided "as is" with no guarantee or warranties regarding its accuracy. This information is provided for the sole purpose of assisting you in obtaining information about domain name registration records. Any use of this data for any other purpose is expressly forbidden without the prior written permission of GoDaddy.com, Inc. By submitting an inquiry, you agree to these terms of usage and limitations of warranty. In particular, you agree not to use this data to allow, enable, or otherwise make possible, dissemination or collection of this data, in part or in its entirety, for any purpose, such as the transmission of unsolicited advertising and and solicitations of any kind, including spam. You further agree not to use this data to enable high volume, automated or robotic electronic processes designed to collect or compile this data for any purpose, including mining this data for your own personal or commercial purposes. Please note: the registrant of the domain name is specified in the "registrant" field. In most cases, GoDaddy.com, Inc. is not the registrant of domain names listed in this database. Registrant: The Dungeon BBS 4218 Spring Valley Drive Cohutta, Georgia 30710 United States Registered through: GoDaddy.com, Inc. (http://www.godaddy.com) Domain Name: DNGNBBS.COM Created on: 10-Sep-95 Expires on: 08-Sep-07 Last Updated on: 19-Jul-06 Administrative Contact: Aldrich, John mrmaxx@xxxxxxxxxxx The Dungeon BBS 4218 Spring Valley Drive Cohutta, Georgia 30710 United States 706-694-9810 Fax -- Technical Contact: Aldrich, John mrmaxx@xxxxxxxxxxx The Dungeon BBS 4218 Spring Valley Drive Cohutta, Georgia 30710 United States 706-694-9810 Fax -- Domain servers in listed order: NS8.ZONEEDIT.COM NS13.ZONEEDIT.COM Under the *old* system (FC3) it would automatically re-direct to whois.godaddy.com and provide the info. Instead, it now requires me to *manually* query the registrar. I realize that the current way of things was how it used to work, back in the "old-old days" (i.e. back when it was still RedHat...maybe even before RH9) but I kinda got spoiled by not having to manually query the registrar. Thanks John
