How do I list all the DNS records for a domain?

Or alternatively, if you can running the DNS server yourself in BIND examine the dns files, usually located in /etc/namedb

Or another alternative: puth that IP into /etc/hosts

> is there a way

do as many DNS lookups as types of records.

Each DNS server returns different data under ANY class of DNS request.

There is no command on UNIX, nor in Windows.

is there a way I can get a list of all the dns records (A, CNAME, MX, etc) associated with a domain?

there are two possible ways to understand your question:
1) How to list all records below some domain name.
Usually it's done from interactive nslookup mode, not from batch mode
nslookup - your_dns_server
>set q=any
>ls -d domain.name
listing  may be prohibited by administrator or by firewall settings, in that case you get empty output or 'not implenented' errors.

2) How to get all records of the domain name itself.
in that case you need to run
on Windows:
nslookup -"set q=all" yourdomain.com
onUnix:
nslookup -q=any yourdomain.com

and I aggree with gheist, 'set=query=ANY' may be unreliable if run against different servers.

>  is there a way I can get a list of all the dns records
use ls command in nslookup, if that does not return the list you have to ask the admin of the DNS server
anything else is guessing

>> there must be some simple command either in Win or Unix
at least not in UNIX

what about mentioned in very first comment
host -al domain.tld dns.server.for.domain.tld

>There is no command on UNIX

>> there must be some simple command either in Win or Unix
>at least not in UNIX

Stop saying that!  It's simply not true.

Of course there is a simple command, given that the remote DNS server that hosts the zone is willing to transfer the zone to you - it's:

dig @primary-nameserver.example.com example.com axfr

Which effectively downloads the zone as if you were a secondary nameserver.

Cheers,
-Jon

as Jon and I (see http:#16622504 )said, the DNS server has to allow a listing
then nslookup, dig, some others kan list the domain on any OS and on windoze

OK, now I'm feeling ignored (see my very first comment).

oops, host is a valid solution on some Unix' too

yup, raven deserves some serious credit here (I was not aware of such a usage for the 'host' command - it still seems overly verbose compared to the similar dig command).

My apologies to raven,
-Jon

Try this:
# dig mydomain.com axfr
As already said, access restriction may apply.

If you don't have dig on your Unix box you'll have to get it from the different sources (tell me which Unix brand you have and I'll point you to the correct location).
For Solaris (SPARC or x86) this would be http://www.sunfreeware.com (make sure to use your closest mirror).

JustUNIX - thanks for duplicating my advice without giving credit.

Cheers,
-Jon

Sorry Jon,

I've not seen you posting (maybe, I was too much in a hurry that day :-(    )
You're right, the only difference ist, that you also specified a specific name server and I did not.

I apologize!

Cheers,
Hanno

I think I addressed two major things in my very first comment: Usually You can't, and if You can host -a -l will do.

agreed, ravenpl said it all in his first suggestion

agreed

I agree that first answer answers everything others just sched some light on non-impostant detail.

Vanbili,

a) the problem is that the command "host" (suggested by ravenpl) is not usually available.
b) nslookup is always available (as Nopius sugegsted) -- but not always reliable.
c) Using "dig" (The--Captain) would be the best (but some Unix variants don't have it either :-(  )

Therefore, all three contributed to the solution in different ways ...

JustUNIX,

Where you had been last 2 weeks when 4 experts made a recommendation what to happen with the question and all of them agreed?
However - I stand behind my recommendation.

On a very side note: You posted in this question for the first time 3 MONTHS after all the discussion had stopped. I am not quite sure if anyone needs a solution 3 months later. Had it not been the slip in cleanup, this would had been closed by this time.

Maybe you can try to answer to questions AND pings in time? You may find that the Askers actually return if you post when they need help.

PS: And if you cannot type a simple name as Venabili, just copy it. It does not take so much time.

> Where you had been last 2 weeks ..
hey, Venabili sometimes there's more to do than EE :-))

nslookup is the most reliable suggestion 'cause available on all platforms (at least I don't know any which misses ls command there, including M$), but host is available on most modern platforms too.

JustUNIX is little right in fact: nslookup is dropped from modern OSes. In fact same for host. Dig replaces both of them - but on the other hand dig is rather new tool and not available on older systems.
Split between those who first mentioned each of those commands.

>>hey, Venabili sometimes there's more to do than EE :-))

ahoffmann,

It was not for you :) And why I hear this line always less than an hour after my comment and always from people that had been not answering for days/weeks/months and had just realised they do not take points? Nothing personal - just observation... :) Kind of strange, isn't it? :) And actually you DID agree to the award to ravenpl?

ravenpl,
I would agree for the dig but it was ahoffmann who mentioned it. JustUNIX came too late and did not really added new information...

As you see before, I did never say I deserve points for answering -- as three others contributed earlier.

most of the thread goes about "who's right" or "who was first" and no experts insist on being the most correct, as usual ...
Venabili, you got all the information, make your descission.
If totally unsure, ask the PE here, who will vote for a split now, I'm pretty sure ;-)

>I would agree for the dig but it was ahoffmann who mentioned it

No, it was The--Captain that mentioned it

>If totally unsure, ask the PE here, who will vote for a split now, I'm pretty sure ;-)

As long as we can arrive at a consensus, I don't care what happens.  IMO, the bottom line is that there exist cmdline solutions for zone transfers, and raven pointed that out first.

Cheers,
-Jon

Guys,

I asked what to recommend. 4 of you said "award ravenpl" (including the PE). I decided to agree with the 4 of you . And now we have all this again... This is what really confuses me - if it wasa direct recommendation, I would most probably be back reading and reading again but after a ping and supposedly agreeance of everyone?

OK -- to finish this up:

ravenpl pointed out that there is a cmd available (host). So he deserves the points.

I only wanted to add that there is more than this and it will not help in many cases ...
Sometimes, Unix has many different ways to offer for sultions -- and the many variants
(including a whole vast of Linuxes) add to this.

I agree - pts to raven

Cheers,
-Jon