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Flushing the DNS cache can be done in Mac OS X and Linux by running the command "service nscd restart" or "service nscd stop" or "service nscd start".
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The Name Service Caching Daemon (nscd) is a common DNS caching application that is not installed by default.
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Clearing the local DNS cache will remove any invalid addresses, whether because they’re outdated or because they’ve been manipulated.
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This article provides instructions on how to flush the DNS cache in Mac OS X and Linux. The commands to flush the cache are slightly different depending on the version of OS X, but the Name Service Caching Daemon (nscd) is a common DNS caching application that is not installed by default. If nscd has been installed, it can be flushed by running the command "service nscd restart" or "service nscd stop" or "service nscd start".
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DNS flushing is the mechanism where you manually mark all the entries in the DNS cache as invalid to force a new address resolution to a DNS server.
Clearing your local DNS cache will remove any invalid addresses, whether because they’re outdated or because they’ve been manipulated.
How to flush your DNS Cache on Mac OS X?
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Copy files and folders dot_clean Remove dot-underscore files dscacheutil Query or flush the Directory Service/DNS cache
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Dscacheutil This is for 10.5, as lookupd has been deprecated. From a linux perspective, this is gives you the functionality of nscd and getent
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