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DNS hosts file
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does there exists a hosts.txt file for TLD or Root name servers in our system using Windows or Linux...
ASKED: Jul 16 2007  2:05 PM GMT
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No, not in a file that I know of on a windows system, on a *nix system they store them in a file named root.hints in your BIND directory. However, they are typically built into DNS server installations. They are called root hint servers.

Here is a good article that discusses the root hint servers, it's windows specific but it gives you the general idea.
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astronomer   0 pts.  |   Jul 16 2007  2:48PM GMT

There is a hosts file but it doesn’t have a txt extension. Look in c:windowssystem32driversetc in windows. In linux look in /etc.
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sonyfreek   0 pts.  |   Jul 16 2007  7:50PM GMT

I think what Enigmatic is asking for is the Root hints/Root name server file in Windows and Linux. I could be wrong, but a reference to the TLD would indicate root name servers.

If that’s the case, Windows stores them in %SystemRoot%System32DNSCache.dns and Linux (id: BIND) stores them in a file named root.hints in your BIND directory. Do a find / -name root.hints -print & to find out exactly where it is on your system.

HTH,

SF

 

EnigmaticKishore   0 pts.  |   Jul 17 2007  3:21AM GMT

thanx for the replies… i understood well now by the answers given by all….

 

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