What are the different 'Status' values and their meanings in the output of the dig command?

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Issue

  • I see the below status in the output of the dig command :-
[root@node1 ~]# dig node2 | head

; <<>> DiG 9.8.2rc1-RedHat-9.8.2-0.17.rc1.el6 <<>> node2
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 23289
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;node2.                         IN      A

What is the meaning?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • bind,dns

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