[H-GEN] DNS server configuration query

[Robert Brockway]

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On Wed, 20 Nov 2002, Ewan Edwards wrote:

> 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.  :-(

I recommend against using a domain directive.  Use search instead.  The
domain directive climbs the tree looking for a match for you.  This is
both slower and potentially a security hole (as you may connect to a box
other than the one you were expected).

Cheers,
	-Rob

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