====== dig ====== ==== How to use dig to find Glue record ==== in order to find glue record you need two command one find the authority of TLD. $ dig NS in. ........... ; <<>> DiG 9.9.2-P2 <<>> NS in. ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 17728 ;; flags: qr rd ra ad; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 8, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1 ;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION: ; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 512 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;in. IN NS ;; ANSWER SECTION: in. 21599 IN NS a0.in.afilias-nst.info. in. 21599 IN NS a1.in.afilias-nst.in. in. 21599 IN NS a2.in.afilias-nst.info. in. 21599 IN NS b0.in.afilias-nst.org. in. 21599 IN NS b1.in.afilias-nst.in. in. 21599 IN NS b2.in.afilias-nst.org. in. 21599 IN NS c0.in.afilias-nst.info. in. 21599 IN NS ns7.cdns.net. ;; Query time: 138 msec ;; SERVER: 8.8.8.8#53(8.8.8.8) ;; WHEN: Mon May 5 11:16:01 2014 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 228 you can replace in. with com. etc.... Now from the list use one of the name server and search for your domain using. dig NS k2patel.in @b1.in.afilias-nst.in.