[NTLUG:Discuss] OT - nslookup question

[fredjame]

Greg Edwards wrote:

> fredjame wrote:
>
>> Some times when I do an 'nslookup' I get the phrase 
>> "Non-authoritative answer:" as part of the response.  I have not been 
>> able to find this in the documentation as yet - does anyone know what 
>> it means exactly?  Thank you in advance for any help you may be able 
>> to offer.  (The nslookup command was issued from a Unix box, but I 
>> believe the box it was looking for is probably MS - if that means 
>> anything)
>> Regards
>> Fred James
>>
>
> Simply means that the answer came from a name server that knows the 
> answer, but is not the name server that manages the domain asked about.
>
I hope this isn't a silly question, but ... What is the possibility that 
the "name server that knows the answer, but is not the name server that 
manages the domain asked about" may be wrong?  Thank you in advance for 
any help you may be able to offer.
Regards
Fred James

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