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Flush DNS cache

07 May

Most (if not all) modern operating systems keep a local DNS cache some are pretty good at keeping them updated some aren't. Either way from time to time when making DNS changes it is useful to know how to clear your DNS cache. This is just a quick reference of how to clear DNS cache on several popular operating systems.

Mac OS X 10.5 and after (leopard)

lookupd -flushcache

Mac OS X 10.4 and before (tiger)

lookupd -flushcache

Windows

ipconfig /flushdns

Linux

Depending on your distro and configuration one of the following should work fine. Don't worry regardless of your setup all of these command should be safe they just might not do anything.

/etc/init.d/nscd restart

service nscd restart

/etc/init.d/named restart

/etc/init.d/dnsmasq restart

nscd -i hosts

/etc/init.d/networking restart

 

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  1. damien

    February 6, 2012 at 5:10 pm

    i was doing a google search on flush dns and this helped! thanks