* Les Bell ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>
> Francois Jeanmougin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >>
> nslookup is (as far as I know) deprecated, replaced by the host
> abd dig commands. Because of the time needed to process lpi stuff, we
> should not include it in the objectives.
> <<
>
> While BIND 9 makes it clear that nslookup is deprecated, the problem is
> that on some of the client platforms (e.g. Windows) that may need to
> interoperate with Linux servers, dig is not available. I'd expect a
> competent Linux administrator to be able to open a command window on a
> Windows box and run nslookup, tracert, etc. in order to diagnose a user's
> problem. Someone who says "where's dig on this &$@#&@$% thing" just
> wouldn't cut it, IMHO. Even though, strictly speaking, running nslookup on
> a Windows box isn't Linux system administration, employers want people who
> get things done, rather than start demarcation disputes about Linux vs
> Windows.
I couldn't agree more but I emphatically diagree that it matters! There is a difference
between what we certify and what potential employees should know. We cannot be all
things to
all people and Windoze has enough issues without us mucking about with it. I say I
don't
care if dig isn't available on Windoze. Test Linux... sink windoze!
--
csm
"...software engineers, as Percy Bysshe Shelley said of poets, are the
unacknowledged legislators of our time. acknowledge this reality and try
to shape it..." - stille/lessig
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