There is something I do not understand about resolving hostnames. It seems the search primitive of resolv.conf does not work properly in sid, nor in woody.
Let's see some of my configuration files : -------------------- resolv.conf search lifl.fr univ-lille1.fr iut-info.univ-lille1.fr nameserver 134.206.10.18 nameserver 134.206.1.4 nameserver 134.206.1.15 ------------------------- -------------------- host.conf order hosts,bind multi on ------------------------- Then I know a host which is called sole.iut-info.univ-lille1.fr and want to be able to call it by its short name sole. The resolver is unable to find it. Let's see it with an example : {watney-root-/etc}# host sole sole.lifl.fr does not exist (Authoritative answer) {watney-root-/etc}# host sole.iut-info.univ-lille1.fr sole.iut-info.univ-lille1.fr A 134.206.40.114 Why did the resolver stop searching after the first search entry (not trying univ-lille1.fr and so on) ? Did I miss something or is it a bug ? -- -- Bruno