H-7. whoisThe whois command is used to obtain domain name registrar information: $ jwhois yahoo.com Registrant: Yahoo! Inc. (DOM-272993) 701 First Avenue Sunnyvale CA 94089 US Domain Name: yahoo.com Registrar Name: Alldomains.com Registrar Whois: whois.alldomains.com Registrar Homepage: http://www.alldomains.com Administrative Contact: Domain Administrator (NIC-1382062) Yahoo! Inc. 701 First Avenue Sunnyvale CA 94089 US domainadmin@yahoo-inc.com +1.4083493300 Fax- +1.4083493301 Technical Contact, Zone Contact: Domain Administrator (NIC-1372925) Yahoo! Inc. 701 First Avenue Sunnyvale CA 94089 US domainadmin@yahoo-inc.com +1.4083493300 Fax- +1.4083493301 Created on..............: 1995-Jan-18. Expires on..............: 2012-Jan-19. Record last updated on..: 2005-Apr-05 16:34:22. Domain servers in listed order: NS4.YAHOO.COM 63.250.206.138 NS5.YAHOO.COM 216.109.116.17 NS1.YAHOO.COM 66.218.71.63 NS2.YAHOO.COM 66.163.169.170 NS3.YAHOO.COM 217.12.4.104 If you are troubleshooting and the path takes you across a network that you have no control over, you can use whois to find out whom to contact for a domain. While this isn't 100% accurate, it is better than nothing. |