DNS, Lookupd and OS X

by damonp on November 15, 2007

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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{ 2 comments }

Avi Flax November 20, 2007 at 10:58 pm: FYI, sudo isn’t required.
Avi Flax November 20, 2007 at 11:02 pm: Thanks for the great info! FYI, sudo isn’t required.

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