Topic: local kill of virtual domain

[mike mattos]

I recently moved a domain from local/virtual to a dedicated server, fixed IP  at the client.  However, on my local network, I keep getting first  the vitual domain which I have removed , or an error saying"Unable to determine IP address from host name for www.'name'

But using the IP address, I reach the new site, also from ouside my local network I reach the url.

Obviously my e-smith 5.5 isn't clearing the virtual domain from it's cache!  But I made the change yesterday.  

Is there a command to force it to resolve the url again?

Thanks

Mike

[Bill Talcott]

Domain name -> IP is what DNS does. I know that DNS servers cache information, but I'm not sure how long or how to reset it. Maybe this will get you headed in the right direction...

Have you tried resolving the name elsewhere? http://www.zoneedit.com/lookup.html will let you look up the record and see what IP the name is pointing at now. If the change hasn't gone through yet, then it's not your server that's the problem...

[Kelvin]

Hi Mike,

If squid is caching the site, you can flush the cache :-

service squid stop
echo "" > /var/spool/squid/swap.state
service squid start

Also just double check in the hostnames server-manager panel to make sure there are no more references to the virtual domain.

Lastly, you might need to reboot the server before it "forgets".

Kelvin