wierd whois problem

[Paul Howarth]

John Aldrich wrote:
> On Wednesday 08 November 2006 3:50 pm, Paul Howarth wrote:
>> It's working for me. My whois client is /usr/bin/whois, from the jwhois
>> package.
>>
>> Could you give an example of a domain you've tried and the information
>> you expected to get back in one go but didn't?
>>
> Sure... I'll use one of my domains: dngnbbs.com. Here's what I get:
> 
> [john at slave1 ~]$ whois dngnbbs.com
> [Querying whois.verisign-grs.com]
> [whois.verisign-grs.com]
> 
> Whois Server Version 2.0
> 
> Domain names in the .com and .net domains can now be registered
> with many different competing registrars. Go to http://www.internic.net
> for detailed information.
> 
> 
>    Domain Name: DNGNBBS.COM
>    Registrar: GO DADDY SOFTWARE, INC.
>    Whois Server: whois.godaddy.com

...

> Under the *old* system (FC3) it would automatically re-direct to 
> whois.godaddy.com and provide the info. Instead, it now requires me to 
> *manually* query the registrar. I realize that the current way of things was 
> how it used to work, back in the "old-old days" (i.e. back when it was still 
> RedHat...maybe even before RH9) but I kinda got spoiled by not having to 
> manually query the registrar.

This looks like a regression. Add the following clause to the 
server-options section of /etc/jwhois.conf:

	"whois\\.verisign-grs\\.com" {
		whois-redirect = ".*Whois Server: \\(.*\\)";
	}

That'll fix it.

Paul.