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Jonas
Asked: 2010-10-27 11:48:02 +0800 CST

Is there a command to see who owns an Internet domain?

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Is there a command to see who owns a specific Internet domain address?

I have tried with whois example.com and I get some information. But for "holder" there is just a "user ID". Is there any way to see who the actual user is?

command-line dns internet whois

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    whois is definitely the command to use.

    In some cases however the owner of the internet address chooses to withhold this information. For some TLDs this is not allowed.

    whois example.com is an unusual special case. However try something like whois ubuntu.com - this clearly gives you a name, physical address, email address and phone number.

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  2. There are several whois services with different results (e.g. try online searches). In addition, there are paid services for hiding the real owner of a domain inquestion. Therefore owners can not be displayed for some domains.

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  3. I don't know any command to find who owns a specific Internet domain address. But there is a way to find the owner of any website (domain) through Internet using Whoisxy.com. This gives the current owner of the domain, administrative and technical contact details etc....

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