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DNS, Lookupd and OS X

Pre-Leopard the command to force OS X to flush and reload it’s DNS cache was:

sudo lookupd -flushcache

In Leopard, lookupd no longer exists. Instead force a DNS cache refresh with:

sudo dscacheutil -flushcache

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By damonp – 11/15/2007

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  1. Avi Flax says

    FYI, sudo isn’t required.

    11/20/2007, 10:58 pm
  2. Avi Flax says

    Thanks for the great info! FYI, sudo isn’t required.

    11/20/2007, 11:02 pm

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