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Checking propagating of domain name

When you move servers one of the annoying parts can be waiting for the domain to propagate when you change name servers. There is a terminal tool though for checking the settings, dig(domain information groper) is a tool for interrogating DNS name servers. You'll need to install the dnsutils package
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 $ sudo apt-get install dnsutils
After that It's pretty easy, simply put in the terminal:
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 $ dig google.com
Obviously swap google for your domain name that your are checking. Read more here
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Rick O's Gravatar A lot of people forget to plan ahead and lower the TTL for the DNS entries. Taking it down to 15 minutes a day ahead doesn't cause too much of an increase in traffic, and eliminates almost all of the transitional wait.
# Posted By Rick O | 4/24/09 2:39 PM
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