September 2005
Beginner
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The whois command is used to obtain domain name registrar information:
$ jwhois yahoo.com
Registrant:
Yahoo! Inc.
(DOM-272993)
701 First Avenue Sunnyvale
CA
94089 US
Domain Name: yahoo.com
Registrar Name: Alldomains.com
Registrar Whois: whois.alldomains.com
Registrar Homepage: http://www.alldomains.com
Administrative Contact:
Domain Administrator
(NIC-1382062)
Yahoo! Inc.
701 First Avenue Sunnyvale
CA
94089 US
domainadmin@yahoo-inc.com +1.4083493300 Fax- +1.4083493301
Technical Contact, Zone Contact:
Domain Administrator
(NIC-1372925)
Yahoo! Inc.
701 First Avenue Sunnyvale
CA
94089 US
domainadmin@yahoo-inc.com +1.4083493300 Fax- +1.4083493301
Created on..............: 1995-Jan-18.
Expires on..............: 2012-Jan-19.
Record last updated on..: 2005-Apr-05 16:34:22.
Domain servers in listed order:
NS4.YAHOO.COM 63.250.206.138
NS5.YAHOO.COM 216.109.116.17
NS1.YAHOO.COM 66.218.71.63
NS2.YAHOO.COM 66.163.169.170
NS3.YAHOO.COM 217.12.4.104If you are troubleshooting and the path takes you across a network that you have no control over, you can use whois to find out whom to contact for a domain. While this isn't 100% accurate, it is better than nothing.
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