How to flush dns local cache in ubuntu?

Windows has a /flushdns switch to ipconfig command to flush or clear local dns. Is there a similar command or program to clean out the local dns cache?

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asked by jack
2 years 28 weeks ago

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In linux, the DNS cache is managed by the nscd daemon. You could try to restart that daemon:

sudo /etc/init.d/nscd restart

Or you could try this:

sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart

Hope that helps you.
Alex

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answer by Alex
2 years 28 weeks ago

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install nscd and restart nscd

sudo apt-get install nscd

restart nscd

sudo /etc/init.d/nscd restart

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