[H-GEN] DNS server configuration query

[Ewan Edwards]

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On Wed, 20 Nov 2002 13:21, James Collins wrote:
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> > dig hostname.long.sub.domain.name.com
> > dig hostname
>
>     Speaking resolvers? Speak /etc/resolv.conf :)
>
>     You appear to be referring to the "default" domain? That's stored in
> /etc/resolv.conf
>
> thusly -:
>
> search default_domain_name.2ld.au
> nameserver 192.168.17.254

Had already added the search directive to /etc/resolv.conf and it didn't seem 
to make a difference to dig.  It only seemed to make a difference to 
nslookup.

James' reply inspired me to look at the man page for resolv.conf and I've now 
added a domain directive as well, but still no difference.  :-(

Edwin's reply has just arrived and that makes me feel a lot better about the 
config.  Additionally, I had resolved (pardon the pun) to ensure my DHCP 
server will provide domain name and search values in addition to a number of 
others, not just IP address, netmask, & gateway.

Thanks for the replies.


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