Host (command)

host command line utility included in bind9-host package.

host machine.your_domain_name.com

host -v machine.your_domain_name.com
Trying "machine.your_domain_name.com"
Host machine.your_domain_name.com not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)
Received 42 bytes from 10.10.XX.xx#53 in 231 ms
Received 42 bytes from 10.10.XX.xx#53 in 231 ms

host -t ns DOMAIN_NAME.COM

host -t mx DOMAIN_NAME.COM
DOMAIN_NAME.COM has no MX record

Related terms

• /etc/hosts
• dig
• hostnamectl

See also

• DNS: Linux DNS, IP, systemd-resolve, /etc/hosts, whois, Domain registrar, dig, host, nslookup, scutil --dns dnsmasq, bind, delv, .local, .internal, .onion, FQDN, TTL, /etc/resolv.conf, /etc/systemd/resolved.conf, dscacheutil (macOS), hostname, hostnamectl, bind, resolvectl status, DNS sinkhole, Domain name server, LLMNR, Resource records:MX, TXT, NS, CAA, SSHFP, Apex, CNAME, Wildcard DNS records, Subdomain, /etc/nsswitch.conf, 1.1.1.1, 8.8.8.8, CoreDNS, dnsPolicy:, Google Public DNS, DNS caches, Kubernetes ExternalDNS, DNS forwarding, IDNA2008, DNS-1035, Domain name registrars, Split-view DNS
• DHCP: Cisco IOS DHCP Server, isc-dhcp-server (dhcpd.conf), ip dhcp pool show ip dhcp pool, show ip dhcp binding, show ip dhcp conflict, show ip dhcp server statistics, DHCP snooping, client-identifier, hardware-address, show ip dhcp, ip link, dhcpcd, AWS::EC2::DHCPOptions, dhclient, systemd-networkd