I think I got the question, the command "ls -d" was on nslookup prompt executing lit 
will list your dns entry.  In
order not to list your host, try to edit your named.conf and put allow-transfer, 
allow-query option on your zone.

Try to visit this for more info.

     http://www.freebsddiary.org/dns_resources.php

HTH

Jimmy


AB Ramos wrote:

> On Wed, May 23, 2001 at 08:48:02AM +0800, Rebecca wrote:
> > how do i disable the listings of my dns records when using "ls -d"?
>
> Your question is quite vague.  Correct me if I'm mistaken but I will
> re-phrase your question as: "How do I prevent local users from viewing
> the contents of '/var/named' using 'ls -d'?"
>
> It would probably be helpful if you could explain why you want to do
> this.  I have the impression that you're approaching a (non-?) problem
> the wrong way.  Security thru obscurity and all that...
>
> AFAIK, it's impossible to prevent users, with the proper permissions,
> from viewing the contents of _any_ directory using stock 'ls'.  It
> should be possible with the use of a modified version of 'ls' (think
> lrk), though.  Note that 'ls' is just _one_ way of viewing the contents
> of a directory.  There are other ways like 'file', 'lsattr', etc.
>
> --
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>                 -- Paul Beatty
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